This year Labour Day coincides with the official start of the Ontario provincial election campaign. September 5th, union members will be celebrating labour history and their hopes for the future of our working lives. It’s a time for all of us in Ontario to think about what kind of labour…
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Latest CMHC numbers confirm federal housing cuts will grow deeper as housing needs grow
…amendment at committee, it died on the order paper when Parliament was dissolved for the last federal election. The Conservative government can use its majority to stall progress and votes on the draft legislation, but a wide array of community and business groups are urging Members of Parliament to set…
Winter Cold Brings More Federal Funding Chill
…and precarious housing remains deep, persistent and costly to individual Canadians and the country as a whole, all eyes will be on the federal government and Parliament in the coming year (which is also the lead-up to the next federal election) to see if adequate investments are made to meet…
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Learning From Others: Comprehensive Health Equity Strategies In Europe
…of policy, investment, program and social changes needed to address complex determinants of health and reduce deep-seated inequities. We have identified a number of key elements of these strategies and success conditions for their implementation: high-level national strategic commitment consistent focus on the social determinants of health thoughtful selection of…
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Canada’s National Housing Strategy – The Basic Facts
…up by the provinces, starting in 2020 and eventually helping 300,000 households. This was not in the government’s election platform or the federal budget, but it responds to smart policy development and advocacy by the National Housing Collaborative and others. Two other main programs are still under development. We expect…
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(Not) Playing Politics: Workers’ Rights Matter for Health
The federal government has spoken out against the “politics of cruelty” of the Ontario government’s reduction of workers’ rights. For Canadians and Ontarians who are tired of bickering politicians, this might just feel like another political fistfight. However, moving beyond the distraction of pre-election politics, we shouldn’t forget that protecting…
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Housing in the 2017 Federal Budget: The Broad Picture
The federal budget is being lauded for painting some broad strokes of the National Housing Strategy and putting dollars to it. The government is showing how it will deliver on its election platform and on the 2016 housing consultations. So how much fuel and capacity are inside this shiny new…
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National housing bill suspended – just like Parliament!
…much-needed strategy to create a national housing plan. Housing advocates are concerned that kicking the bill backwards as it was moving so close to final approval will mean that the draft legislation could get lost in the pre-election politicking that will likely consume Parliament on its return in early March….
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Don't stop at financial re-structuring of Toronto Community Housing; now is excellent time to improve social infrastructure
…switched after last fall’s municipal election. Toronto Community Housing owns almost 60,000 homes and has more than 160,000 tenants – which makes it the biggest landlord in Canada and second largest in North America. Senior TCH staff say that they have already started to put in place controls to guard…
Bringing it home (Day 4 of WUFIII)
…cut about $1.8 billion from Canada’s national housing budget in the decade following his election in 1984. Then, in 1993, he cancelled entirely spending on new affordable housing. The Liberals under Jean Chretien and Paul Martin promised to restore national housing funding, but they did just the opposite when they…