…everyone in Ontario has what they need for health. But our next government, and future opposition parties, should provide Ontarians with their assessment of the current baseline, what minimum income and other supports they need to Thrive, and a detailed strategy on how they intend to achieve that target. We…
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Election 2022: How do party promises stack up on housing?
…zoning (IZ), and require that all housing projects above a “certain size” build a minimum of 20 per cent affordable units. They would also work with all levels of government to develop regulations to ease financialization of affordable rental housing stock and single-family homes. Rental and community housing To ensure…
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Election 2022: Good jobs, mental health and anti-racism
…of our time, and is a huge and indispensable factor in whether we have what we need to Thrive. The Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) platform includes commitments to creating good jobs and addressing workers’ pay, benefits, and security. Beyond raising the minimum wage to $16/hour in 2022 – with…
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Election 2022: Income inequality
…reintroduce Ontario’s basic income pilot. They would increase the minimum wage to $16 an hour and develop a “regional living wage structure.” Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) The NDP proposes several new tax measures to raise additional revenue for their programs. They plan to raise income tax rates for individuals…
Election 2022: Seniors’ care
…needs assessment for the entire system. On Long-Term Care, all parties are placing renewed attention on the issue. New beds, the previously announced commitment from the government to minimum hours of care, and the ONDP and OLP interest in ensuring more home-like settings are important. However, no party is providing…
Supportive Housing Growth Plan
…achieve the City of Toronto’s target of growing Toronto’s supportive housing supply by a minimum of 18,000 homes by 2030. The Growth Plan is a comprehensive strategy, with year-by-year actions to grow the supply of housing with supports, improve access to supportive housing, and enhance care for supportive housing clients….
Resilience through equitable action
…minimum wage must be increased – belatedly coming to $15 an hour is not enough. At least 10 paid sick days are a necessity, so workers can stay home when ordered to self-isolate and still put food on the table. And other serious changes to employment standards targeted at low-income…
$10-a-day child care would move GTA families closer to a thriving wage
…in the GTA are not financially able to have a thriving life. In the 2021 federal budget, the government proposed an ambitious plan to address Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) across Canada. The current state of child care is characterized by high parent fees, low staff wages, and insufficient…
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Thriving in the City
Our Thriving in the City framework, has redefined what it means to live a healthy life in the GTA. Thriving sets out the income level and resources a person needs to thrive, rather than just survive. This goes beyond basic needs and factors in food, shelter, transportation, healthcare, personal care,…
Thriving in the City for families
…conversation about what can be done (i.e., through wages, income support, and investments in social determinants of health such as housing, child care, and health care) to ensure all families in the GTA have the opportunity to live healthy, thriving lives. Previously, Wellesley Institute applied this approach to establish a…