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• 25 in 5 Supports Call for Income Security Review

  June 17, 2010 |

  The 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction is calling on the Ontario government to move forward on an income security review by September 1.

  Swift action would show the government is serious about implementing the recommendations of its own Social Assistance Review Advisory Council, meeting the commitments it made to poverty reduction in December 2008 – and, especially, improving the lives of low-income Ontarians across the province.

• Consultations Announced for New Ontario Housing Strategy

  June 3, 2009 |

  The Housing Network of Ontario welcomes the Ontario Government’s announcement today of public consultations to develop a new long term affordable housing strategy for Ontario.

  Tagged with: Affordable Housing Strategy
  

• Ontario makes progress on poverty reduction, but job still unfinished

  March 26, 2009 |

  Today’s budget took crucial steps to bring Ontario closer to the goal of reducing poverty by 25% by 2013. But the budget needed to go further to help low-income individuals and families get by in current tough economic times, said the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction.

  “This budget has moved the bar forward on housing, tax credits, and child benefits in ways that will make a tangible difference in the lives of many Ontarians. But there are still significant gaps that must continue to be addressed in the year ahead,” said Pat Capponi, Facilitator of Voices From the Street.

  Tagged with: Blueprint • Put Food in the Budget • Social Assistance
  

• Press Release – Blueprint could help cut child poverty by 19%

  February 22, 2009 |

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  February 12, 2009

  TORONTO – A report by the 25 in 5 Poverty Reduction Network shows how the Ontario government could get three-quarters of the way towards its goal to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent.

  A Blueprint for Economic Stimulus and Poverty Reduction in Ontario – the result of consultations in 30 Ontario communities – lays out a plan that could reduce the number of poor Ontarians by 197,420 (15 per cent) and reduce the number of poor children in Ontario by 62,000 (19 per cent) within the next three years.

  “Our blueprint focuses…

• Ministers meet for pension crisis talks – thestar.com
  December 16, 2009

  The recession has exposed the fragility of the pension situation. About two-thirds of workers in Canada lack a workplace pension program and 1.6 million Canadian seniors at the low end of the wealth scale are trying to eke out an existence on less than $15,000 a year.

• Job training funded for older workers – CBC News
  December 16, 2009

  A new joint initiative by the federal and Ontario governments will help unemployed older workers develop new skills that will help them find jobs.

• New payday loan limits don’t protect consumers: advocates – CBC News
  December 16, 2009

  Some Ontario consumers could be caught in a never-ending cycle of borrowing from payday loan companies despite a new cap on loan fees and interest that came into effect Tuesday, warns an Ottawa-based public watchdog.

• Goar: Punished for working too diligently – thestar.com
  December 16, 2009

  Premier Dalton McGuinty is aware of the problem. "Unwittingly, we have developed a policy that stomps you into the ground," he told Ontarians who rely on social assistance last spring.

• Quebec targets homelessness in $60.5M plan – CBC News
  December 16, 2009

  Quebec has unveiled a new $60.5 million, three-year plan to fight homelessness, including measures to improve mid- and long-term housing options for people on the street.

• Stepping up for Ontarians: Staying the course on poverty reduction commitments
• Submission to the Ontario Government on Bill 218
• Stand Up Against the Backlash from the Auditor General’s Report
• Coalition warns poverty reduction at risk
• Countdown: Two Weeks to Dec. 4 Poverty Reduction Anniversary
• Ontarians Seek Bold Action on Affordable Housing: Report
• Action Alert: Meet the Commitment for a Social Assistance Review!

• Close Encounters of the ‘Thirties’ Kind

  Close Encounters of the Thirties Kind, by social policy expert John Stapleton, is a blow-by-blow account of the similarities between Ontario circa 1930s and today.

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