…next week on proposed housing and homelessness cuts in the draft municipal budget will underline the choices that they have decided to make. The proposed cuts up for review by council in the latest draft of the municipal budget for Shelter, Housing and Support (current at the time of writing…
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Clarity and openness could create new possibilities in any municipal budget, what about Toronto?
In the December issue of Spacing magazine, John Lorinc laments Toronto’s wilted budget process and demands a restructuring of budget documents to better communicate and serve the city’s needs. Acknowledging budget mayhem as a systemic issue, Lorinc maintains that the city’s municipal budget documents continue to “obscure, rather than enhance,…
The 2012 Ontario Budget: Look Out For Affordable Housing
…new affordable housing and maintain existing homes. “Ontario Budget 2012 – What to look for: Affordable Housing,” provides an overview of the current fiscal landscape for affordable housing in the province, details the recommendations for increased housing investments included in the recently released Drummond Report on provincial spending, and sets…
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WI backgrounder: 15 times more money for roads than for homes?
Ontario’s 2008 Budget is long on language, but short where it counts the most: The dollars fall short of the words. Budgets are about choices and, fundamentally, budgets are about dollars. The real choices are revealed in the spending and revenue columns. When it comes to housing, Finance Minister Dwight…
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Election 2022: Thriving cities
…costs. Social Participation and Inclusion Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The proposed budget includes the temporary Staycation Tax Credit for 2022, a refundable personal income tax credit that allows Ontario residents to claim up to 20 per cent of eligible 2022 accommodation expenses, including for stays at Ontario hotels, cottages,…
A Good Budget is a Blueprint for Health
…When you think about it, budgets are really a blueprint for our health. A good budget is one that provides opportunities for good health for all Ontarians, and this budget moves us in the right direction on postsecondary education and climate change. The budget’s headline commitment to improve access to…
Housing And Homelessness In Ontario’s Budget: 5 Things To Look For
The Ontario government has an opportunity in its next provincial budget to make a substantial down payment on a much-needed provincial affordable housing plan. Housing and homelessness experts will be looking for progress in at least five key policy areas in the May 2nd provincial budget: Immediately commit the funds…
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Toronto’s 2013 budget: The Impact of Zero on City Services
City staff is recommending that Toronto City Councillors approve an operating budget that increases spending by less than 0.5 percent for the second year in a row. The Police Chief and Council have been debating the feasibility and impact of flatlining the police services budget. Whatever your view on police…
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Ontario budget 2007: Thanks for the thoughts, but where's the money?
…Fellow at the Wellesley Institute. Two days ago, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty complained that Monday’s federal budget fell short of the dollars that Ontario was seeking. Justice delayed is justice denied, said the Premier of the Harper budget. The same can be said of Premier McGuinty’s own budget, which falls…
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Fed budget delivers housing dollars
Wellesley update: Federal budget 2006 and housing Federal Finance Minister James Flaherty delivered the first budget of the Conservative minority government on May 2, 2006. This note examines the housing elements of the 2006 federal budget. Housing is one of the social determinants of health, and a key priority in…