In advance of last year’s provincial budget, we called for important, necessary public strategies to build a New Normal in Ontario. Our focus was around poverty, homelessness, race, healthcare, mental health and well-being, while leading the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we have not seen the progress we…
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Health systems and Health equity
Ontario budget 2009: Health inequalities virtually ignored
The deep and persistent inequalities in health among Ontarians have been all but ignored in the 2009 Ontario budget. Over three times as many low-income adults report their health to be only fair or poor as high-income; over 50% more low income adult men have two or more chronic conditions…
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Budget submission 2022: Prioritizing health equity
…In its 2021 budget, the government definitively accepted that the social determinants of health must be addressed in order to improve mental health and wellness. The federal government in this next budget should build on, and make real, its commitment to national standards by taking a leadership role in bringing…
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An Annotated Christmas Carol for 2012
…Bread Food Bank reports a total of 1,123,500 visits to food charities in the Greater Toronto area in 2012 – up 18% from the recession of 2008. The Ontario Association of Food Banks reports 412,998 individuals lined up at food banks in March of 2012, with Food Banks Canada reporting…
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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Federal Budget 2021: Opportunity for an equitable recovery
…need them if we are to contribute to, and be helped by, the recovery. Luckily, 85 per cent of health risk is social, so a budget that acts on the social determinants of health can be effective – and that should be this budget’s focus. If the budget prioritizes equity…
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Towards a healthier and more equitable 2012: a Wellesley Institute year in review
…we tackled the city budget issue by crunching the numbers; in Countdown to Zero we reported that city was dealing with a fabricated fiscal crisis and demonstrated that options still existed for balancing the city’s budget that did not require gutting the programs and services that contribute to a healthier…
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Jobs and Poverty Reduction: HEIA in the 2014 Mayoral Election
…only 49.4 percent of people working in Toronto having a permanent, full-time job with benefits.5 At $11 per hour,6 Ontario’s minimum wage is not adequate to afford a decent standard of living in Toronto. Moreover, social assistance rates in Ontario are low, with single people on Ontario Works receiving only…
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Federal Budget Response 2021
The recent federal budget was an opportunity to make significant progress to establish a new normal to create a stronger, more equitable Canada. Racism, poverty, inadequate and unaffordable housing, and scarce mental health resources are all pre-existing pandemics that put equity-seeking groups at greater risk than others. This budget correctly…
Green Spaces and Active Transportation: HEIA in the 2014 Mayoral Election
…– Exploring the Relationship between Land Use and Surface Temperature’, Remote Sensing, 3(2011) ↩ Toronto Public Health. Road to Health: Improving walking and cycling in Toronto, 2012. Accessed September 3, 2014 http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/pdf/roadtohealth.pdf ↩ Toronto Public Health. Road to Health: Improving Walking and Cycling in Toronto, 2012. ↩ Toronto Public Health….
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