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Call for living wage for disabled
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
February 18, 2011
… Kenora Association for Community Living (KACL) executive director, James Retson is calling on Canada to commit to a living wage for the nation’s disabled — and is hoping to make it an election issue. “The government should have a guaranteed annual income, at least equal to the level provided by old age security and income supplement,” he said, citing both Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Human Resources. Skills and Social Development and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities and Senate reports suggesting the Tax Act be amended to ensure the disabled aren’t living in poverty.
Tags: disabilities, participation, pensions, standard of living
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Province streamlines social housing strategy
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Dec. 1, 2010
“We look forward to… begin to consolidate housing and homelessness programs, so as to better serve Ontarians…” said David Rennie, the president of the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association… Local reaction, though, wasn’t as enthusiastic… “Our housing programs are so disjointed that it takes a lot of energy to ferret out what anything means,”…The provincial share of affordable housing operating funding was $169 million in the last fiscal year, which is down 14 per cent from 2003. The impact of inflation over the last seven years decreases the funding value even more”…
Tags: budget, housing, poverty, standard of living
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