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Moving to a Poverty Free Ontario

The Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) plans to launch an initiative to build cross-community support for a Poverty Free Ontario by the end of this decade. Social planning councils have a long history since the 1930s of advocating for…

Root causes of inequality and poverty

Response to Toronto Star editorial Re: Welfare Reform: Breaking the cycle of poverty, Editorial, Dec. 4 In her announcement of the social assistance review, Social Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur unfortunately refers to reform that will “empower low-income Ontarians, including social…