…and strongly urge the government to ensure that number will make up for lost time. Prevention Finally, preventing homelessness is far better than alleviating it later. We recommended that one action the province consider was providing rent supplements to prevent all those on the brink from falling into homelessness. Other…
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Time to End the 3 Month OHIP Wait Period
We’ve blogged in the past about the unfair 3 month wait period that Ontario forces on new immigrants and Canadian citizens returning to the province; refugees and those who have been denied asylum; people who have lost their documentation, such as the homeless and mentally ill; and those who are…
Remembering December 6
Thirty-four years ago, 14 women were killed at École Polytechnique in Montreal. Across the country today, people are remembering the women we lost that day and why. We remember that a man walked into a classroom and opened fire; his only motivation, his only target, was women. Violence against women…
$125 billion for banks; $2 billion for affordable housing
…a private backstop the private mortgage industry. While the federal government was quick last fall to put the unprecedented bank bailout fund in place, federal investments in affordable housing for low and moderate income Canadians (including the 400,000 jobs lost since the recession started) have remained relatively stagnant. The “step-out”…
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Painfully Low Vacancy Rates, Shrinking Number Of Homes: New National Report Underlines Rental Housing Woes Across Canada
…growing, and the need for rental housing remains strong, overall supply of private rental housing in fell marginally as the number of units lost to demolition or conversion outpaced the relatively small amount of new construction. Across the country, the number of vacant rental units fell by almost 6% to…
Now is the Time: Improving Access to Health Care for People Without Insurance
…universal health care system, many people in Ontario do not have public health care coverage and are left without access to essential health care or face the possibility of having to pay out-of-pocket for care. People become uninsured for a wide variety of reasons, including: People who have lost their…
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Reality check: Correcting Minister Solberg's monetary musings…
…funding cuts. Literally billions of dollars that should be re-invested in affordable homes are being lost. Minister Solberg should work to convince Finance Minister Jim Flaherty that the next federal budget needs to include a permanent investment in affordable housing – something that everyone from the United Nations to the…
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Go big AND go home!
…have to add about $3.3 billion annually to housing spending to match the UK record. Instead of doing that, the Canadian government is presiding over a national housing program that has annual, locked-in funding cuts – every year, a growing amount of money is being lost from national housing investments….
Policy position: Housing
…Those of us who are low income, socially marginalized, and who need extra support are not able to have a healthy home. Because of this, any strategy must: Increase the number of affordable units available by building more and ensuring that current affordable units are not lost through poor repair…
Casinos equal poor health for the GTA
…we found that: The stress, financial harm, lost work productivity, and addiction associated with problem gambling can contribute to lower overall health status. Problem gambling can contribute to depression, insomnia, intestinal disorders, migraine, and other stress-related disorders. There are clear links between problem gambling and problem drinking. This combination increases…