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Are you a caregiver for a family member or friend who has recovered from COVID-19 but has ongoing symptoms?
…of age or older Live in the Greater Toronto Area (Halton, Peel, York, City of Toronto, Durham) We want to learn about the impact of ongoing symptoms from COVID-19 on the lives and well-being of people in the Greater Toronto Area, and their families, friends or loved ones. We are…
Election 2022: Thriving cities
…not clear how this would make driving significantly more affordable. The proposed budget also reiterates previous commitments to spend $61 billion on public transit over the next ten years. No measures towards increasing affordability are provided. The budget also indicates continued investment into the supply chain for electric vehicles, but…
Election 2022: How do party promises stack up on housing?
…supportive housing, the Wellesley Institute contributed to the Toronto Supportive Housing Growth Plan which estimated a minimum of 18,000 units were needed in Toronto by 2030. Unless the Ontario Green and ONDP proposals are weighted towards Toronto, we are concerned they are not aiming for, let alone meeting, Toronto’s needs….
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Election 2022: Good jobs, mental health and anti-racism
…OLP promises to bring back equal pay for equal work, ensure production quotas are safe and fair, and make it easier to join a union. The OLP platform also includes a plan to launch a four-day work week “demonstration.” The Progressive Conservative budget proposed on April 28 largely focussed on…
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Election 2022: Income inequality
…or corporate tax rates. Mid-campaign, they promised to amend their budget to increase ODSP rates by 5 per cent, then index them to inflation. They propose no increases to Ontario Works. Their recent proposed budget increased the amount available to low-income earners through the Low‐income Individuals and Families Tax Credit,…
Election 2022: Seniors’ care
…in the system. The proposed budget promises an increase of $1 billion over three years for the provincial home care budget, and a refundable Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit for low- to moderate-income senior families, initially costed at $110 million per year. The budget would invest $100 million…
Ontario budget 2022: A more equitable future, an equitable now
…mistake. We need to ensure all Ontarians can not only survive, but thrive – access all they need to be healthy. This year’s Provincial Budget must demonstrate to Ontarians that the government, hand-in-hand with society, can do two things at once. First, it must show Ontarians that a better future…
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Community Knowledge Program
…partnerships among academia and community-based groups to improve research about migration, settlement, and integration in the GTA. https://youtu.be/o5MqIOxmz9Q Panelists: Ruth Wilson, PhD candidate University of Toronto Paulina Wyrzykowski, Director of Toronto South Local Immigration Partnership Sultana Jahangir, Executive Director South Asian Women and Immigrants’ Services Research in Action: The Effects…
Widening inequities: Long-term housing affordability in the Toronto CMA
…shelter cost to income ratio (STIRs) data from the 1991 to 2016 censuses and the 2011 National Household Survey for the Toronto CMA. This equity-based analysis examines the distribution of household STIRs within and between a range of socio-demographic groups. Inequitable housing affordability is one dimension amongst many that structurally…
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