Jan 30, 2007 Health Providers Against Poverty proposes that, at a minimum, the upcoming Ontario Budget includes an increase in welfare rates of 40% across the board. This will help to prevent the most egregious health consequences of living in poverty, and will result in a healthier society. While we support targeted initiatives to improve […]
Category: HPAP Ontario
Special Diet Expert Review Committee Director, Ontario Disability Support Program 80 Grosvenor St., 3rd floor Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1E9 June 5, 2006 Re: Evidence-based submissions for consideration by the expert committee I am writing on behalf of Health Providers Against Poverty to ask that “Poverty” be included as a medical condition in the Special Diets […]
Mar 24, 2006 Ontario Government Sentences Low Income Ontarians to Chronic Illness and Premature Death TORONTO – The spring budget released by the Ontario Liberal government on March 23rd raises social assistance rates by a ridiculous 2 percent. This means that the lives of Ontarians surviving on welfare and disability are simply considered to be […]

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