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Reverse the housing cuts: New federal affordable housing investment required

As Canadian rental and ownership housing markets teeter on the brink of major crisis, the federal government has made further drastic cuts in affordable housing investments in 2008 – and even more cuts are set for the end of the current fiscal year. These massive cuts will have a powerful impact on the health and lives of Canadians and our communities and put a drag on the economy. The Wellesley Institute, in our annual federal pre-budget submission, is calling on Parliament to make significant new investments in affordable housing to improve the health of Canadians, to strengthen our communities and to deliver substantial economic benefits.

Download the WI’s Federal Pre-budget Submission – Reverse the housing cuts: New federal affordable housing investment required

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.