Health Providers Against Poverty

Many families in Ontario rely on social assistance to cover their basic living expenses, which has only become even more challenging during this pandemic. We know that COVID-19 is disproportionally impacting low-income Ontarians, who are often at the front line of this pandemic. Despite this social assistant rates have not increased since 2018 and they…

As Ontario begins slowly re-opening and we recover from COVID-19, safety is at the forefront of our minds. Yet the current plan from the Ontario government to re-open schools does not adequately address safety and once again will not support low-income and racialized students, families and workers, who were already disproportionally affected by the first…

Nearly 400 healthcare and social service professionals have signed onto an open letter demanding a commitment from Toronto City Council to endorse all demands from Black Lives Matter Toronto to defund, demilitarize, disarm, and dismantle the police. In the lead up to City Council’s next meeting on June 29, where a motion has been introduced…