Toronto / November 2025
There is growing inequality in Ontario, and poverty rates are higher for immigrants and refugees, and Indigenous groups and most racialized groups.
By working together we can make the needed change that will benefit everyone.
OCASI made ten recommendations to the Ontario government for its next Poverty Reduction Strategy.
Toronto / November
The last week has been a whirlwind of meetings in Ottawa with colleagues from across the country, and the federal funder of our sector; with a side trip to our appointed House of sober second thought, as a witness to the Senate Committee on National Finance. They are studying housing, including the newly formed Build Canada Homes entity charged with building affordable rental housing.
Toronto / November 6, 2025
This federal budget falls short on Canada’s commitment to immigrants and refugees. It misses the opportunity to maximize the economic potential and promise of immigration at a time when collaboration with immigrant and refugee communities is crucial for economic growth. Some budget measures are a positive response to long-standing advocacy by civil society groups. The Budget also contains proposals that will have a disproportionate negative impact on women, racialized individuals, and those with precarious immigration status.
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