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HPAP Supports Call For Housing Campaign

Health Providers Against Poverty has endorsed the Call For Housing. This campaign, spearheaded by Canadian health care professionals and activists, calls for an immediate, fully-funded national housing strategy. Sign The Petition

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HPAP Ontario

Reducing Poverty with a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)

Aug 28, 2015 Poverty is a leading cause of poor health in Ontario. People living with low income are more likely to suffer from a number of diseases and die earlier than people with higher income. Low social assistance rates, high levels of precarious employment, and declining social security nets have put a large percentage of […]

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HPAP Ontario

HPAP Joins Changing Workplaces Review Consultation

The government is reviewing Ontario’s labour laws for the first time in over a decade. The Changing Workplaces Review involves public consultations on how the Labour Relations Act, 1995 and Employment Standards Act, 2000 could be amended to best protect workers. A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives demonstrates that there is a growing reliance on low wage, precarious employment in Ontario. The […]