…receipts and reduced social safety net costs this would produce, and seek to recover that money for the municipal budget. Puts in place a plan, in consultation with experts and community, to work towards a future Toronto in which every job is a Thriving job. This should include municipal bylaws,…
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Federal budget 2024: COVID highlights need for health equity
…Indigenous and other racialized communities, low-income groups, people with disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA+ people. Wellesley Institute research shows these social determinants must be urgently and adequately addressed to reduce health disparities and advance health equity for individuals and communities. A National Health Equity Plan Our Budget Submissions in recent years proposed…
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Ontario Budget 2024: Urgent need to address homelessness
Wellesley Institute’s submission in advance of the provincial budget Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity through action on the social determinants of health. We urge the government of Ontario to deliberately address and report upon many of the social determinants of health that…
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City of Toronto Budget 2024: Our input
The release of the City of Toronto’s Mayor’s Budget 2024 proposes much-needed investments into areas that are key to advancing health equity in the city. Wellesley Institute welcomes the increased funding towards improving and expanding access to critical services for tenants, preserving affordable housing units, and speeding up the development…
Our response to Ontario Budget 2024
In our recommendations to the province on the 2024 Ontario Budget, Wellesley Institute called for a focus on homelessness. We urged the province to: put in place a plan to end homelessness in 10 years, make sure their general housing targets will lead to affordability and to lifting Ontarians out…
Federal Budget 2024: Positive steps, but still no targets
…we hope future budgets will take this much more seriously. Wellesley Institute’s recommendations for this year’s federal budget called for action in four areas we believe are acute and crucial to Canada’s future: Create and implement of a national health equity plan. Establish an acceptable level of resources that ensures…
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