Research and Resources
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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.
Tagged with: Budget • Economy • John Stapleton • Social Assistance
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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.
Tagged with: ISAC • Social Assistance
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Nova Scotia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
The Nova Scotia government released its Poverty Reduction Strategy on April 3, 2009. The strategy provides a framework for addressing the needs of those most vulnerable and those at risk of falling into poverty, while promoting the prosperity necessary for Nova Scotia to grow.
Tagged with: Poverty in Canada
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Ontario delivers a ‘hit and miss’ budget
In some places the budget was bold, in some places it merely did what it had to do, and other key areas it fell flat on its face. The big picture task of this budget was to fill the void left by the federal government’s weak response to the recession. Hit and Miss: Ontario’s 2009-10 Budget – PDF, 188 Kb.
Tagged with: Budget • CCPA
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Homelessness in Canada: Past, Present, Future
David Hulchanski of the Cities Centre and Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, looks at the evolution of the set of social problems we now call homelessness and the efforts of governments and communities to address them.
Tagged with: Housing
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Fighting Poverty: The Best Way to Beat the Recession
Recession could push Ontario’s poverty rate up by four per cent in 2010 if the provincial government does not make key investments in this month’s stimulus budget, says a report released by the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB). [PDF format]
Tagged with: OAFB
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Income Inequality and the Pursuit of Prosperity
Walter Gordon Massey Symposium Lecture
The story of how we got into this global economic mess, and how we will get out, is inextricably bound up with the story of rising income inequality. After all, it was triggered by the interlocking fates of subprime mortgage holders – people who didn’t have enough money to get a regular mortgage – and their lenders. Every part of the ensuing cascade of calamity was linked to the pursuit of ever greater returns, a promise of prosperity fuelled by easy money and reckless bets.
Tagged with: Armine Yalnizyan • CCPA • Economics
- 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.
- Five benchmarks for social assistance
- eBulletin – Commitments Made; Action Taken?
- Premier Urged to Enact Early Learning Report
- Open Letter to Premier on Early Childhood Learning
- Consultations Announced for New Ontario Housing Strategy
- ISAC Forum on Social Assistance
- Town Hall a success as Toronto families remind MPs: Good jobs and public services reduce poverty
- 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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