Ottawa needs a poverty reduction strategy

 by Michael Maidment, Chief Executive Officer Ottawa Food Bank Food is arguably the most important item to people. Most obviously, we need to eat to live, to survive, so why is the issue of food missing from the political conversation in Canada? Food is all around us. We work to

We Must Rethink the Cancellation of the Ontario Basic Income Project

 The Ontario Basic Income Pilot was a study launched in April 2017 to test whether a basic income can better support vulnerable workers in Ontario. Its goal was to give 4000 participants a minimum level income and measure outcomes in terms of food security, mental health, and employment. This summer,