…waiting lists and other access problems, and that doctors should be able to practice in both such a private sphere and the existing public system. This was an important plank in the Tory platform in the fall 2007 Ontario election and is being promoted by leading figures in the Canadian…
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“Now is the Season for Action”: Some Thoughts on President Obama’s Speech to the Joint Session of Congress
…not lawfully present in the United States.” Wilson’s outburst was disrespectful and unprofessional, but it was also patently wrong. On a side note, Wilson’s opponent in next year’s election, Democrat Rob Miller, had raised over $400,000 from 11,000 individual donors by 2:45pm on the day after the speech and Wilson’s…
Video: A home for everyone everywhere in Toronto
Inclusionary housing / inclusionary planning is a simple and practical tool already in use in hundreds of US cities. Watch a five-minute video on health, equity and housing on Toronto’s 2010 municipal election agenda by Wellesley Institute’s Michael Shapcott….
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2016: A year to make it happen
…one step further than the WHO. Rather than being satisfied with health in all policies, Wellesley Institute wants to see “health and health equity in all policies.” All too often new approaches to improving health are taken up by those with time, money and access to information. Health in all…
500 homeless dead – and counting!
…Wellesley Institute’s Blueprint to End Homelessness in Toronto. Another report won’t, by itself, change much. But in the three weeks since its launch, the Blueprint has been gathering momentum. David Miller, who was re-elected as Toronto’s Mayor on Monday, publicly endorsed the Blueprint in the final week of the election…
Great news: Bill C-304 (national housing plan) passes committee, back to Commons for final vote
…the bill during its first and second vote, but it could still die on the order paper if the swirling talk of a federal election triggers an end to the current Parliamentary session. The bill requires the federal government to consult widely over six months and create a robust national…
MP Marie-Claude Morin introduces Bill C-400, National Housing Act legislation, in Commons
…was recessed for the election. Canada is the only major country in the world without a national housing plan. The Wellesley Institute’s Precarious Housing in Canada report used the most comprehensive and current research and data to set out a pragmatic national housing strategy. We were invited by the Commons…
A new normal for health coverage
…Health Association, have urged the governments to provide extended basic health coverage, including prescription drugs, vision care, and dental, to low-income workers. During recent federal and provincial elections, some campaign promises were made to address this gap. Federally, the Liberals promised new funding for the provinces for mental health care…
Feds, Ontario re-announce, yet again, 2008 housing funding
…might gain any political credit for the provincial Liberals in the lead-up to the recent provincial election campaign. So, partisan politics appears to have delayed the re-announcement of the bilateral deal. Under the July agreement, RRAP has ended and provinces / territories have the “flexibility” to determine how the funding…
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France set to declare right to housing
…the international documents then fail to incorporate the right to housing in domestic law, which makes it difficult for people to realize that right. French President Jacque Chirac, a rightist,statedin his new year’s address that the right to housing needs to be made explicit inFrench law.National elections are being held…