Poverty in the Media
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Report calls for stronger anti-poverty measures – thestar.com
A year after Ontario released a landmark plan to fight poverty in the midst of a global economic meltdown, activists are calling for "visionary leadership and unwavering political commitment" from Queen's Park to ensure everyone reaps the benefits of recovery.
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The road to good intentions | rabble.ca
Today, 20 years after a unanimous federal government motion to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000, which it failed to make good on, Parliament has unanimously agreed to try again.
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Advisers aim to fix Ontario’s welfare ‘quagmire’ – thestar.com
Ontario has appointed the head of Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank to head a panel of anti-poverty advocates to advise the government on a long-awaited review of its welfare system, the Star has learned.
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CBC News – Toronto – Ontario risks missing poverty reduction targets: report
Anti-poverty campaigners say Ontario risks missing its targets just one year into its plan to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent by 2013.
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Navigating through the recovery – Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity
While the impact of the recent recession has been devastating, the Task Force, like all Ontarians, is hopeful that the worst is behind us and that Ontario is on the road to recovery.
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Immigrants overqualified, earn less – The Globe and Mail
A new study finds a bleak jobs picture for new Canadians, though the picture improves for those who have been here longer
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Business expert calls for hikes to GST and HST – The Globe and Mail
Ontario should live with deficits for now and count on economic recovery to get rid of deficit, influential academic says
- Ministers meet for pension crisis talks – thestar.com
December 16, 2009The 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, 2009A 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, 2009Some 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, 2009Premier 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, 2009Quebec 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!
- ISAC Update – April 2009
The April newsletter of the Income Security Advocacy Centre is online! Highlights include information on the special diet litigation, the Ending Poverty project, their revised case criteria and the impending social assistance review.
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