The Ontario government has embarked on yet another consultation cycle on income security reform, which is delaying real action to reduce poverty. Social assistance rates in Ontario continue to be inadequate, causing food and housing insecurity, and ultimately leading to poor health. Research is clear that lower income and food and housing insecurity are associated with earlier mortality. HPAP has […]
Tag: Poverty Reduction Strategy
Civic leaders including HPAP Founder, Dr. Gary Bloch, joined in signing a letter to the Toronto Mayor and Council urging them to act on recommendations to advance the City’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. The goal is to achieve concrete outcomes in 2016, including: Providing supportive housing for 1,000 individuals and families and making rent affordable for 7,000 households at risk […]
June 23, 2015 Health Providers Concerned That Toronto’s Twenty-Year Poverty Reduction Strategy Fails To Help Those In Immediate Need TORONTO – Health Providers Against Poverty (HPAP) applauds the City of Toronto’s release of an Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy, however we remain apprehensive that this report will lead to real, measurable changes for our patients. While the Strategy […]
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