[homeles_ot-l] 2 Alliance Submissions & meeting reminder

[Lynne Browne]

Reminder — Please hold September 21st, 9 am for the full Alliance membership
meeting at South East Ottawa Centre for a Healthy Community, 1355 Bank
Street, 7th Floor, turn right on the 7th floor to the Hetherington Room.
Look for the AGENDA tomorrow.


 

Hello everyone,

 

The Alliance to End Homelessness made important submissions to Ontario Human
Rights Commission and federal Finance Committee in the last several weeks.
You are very welcome to use the recommendations in your own work and to
circulate the submissions.

 

Both submissions are now available on our website at

HYPERLINK
"http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/alliance/briefs.cfm"http://www.endhomel
essnessottawa.ca/alliance/briefs.cfm 

 

1.            A Proactive Role to End Homelessness 

The Alliance to End Homelessness in Ottawa Submission to the Ontario Human
Rights Commission, Consultation on Human Rights and Rental Housing in
Ontario, August 2007.

Recommendation:

“The Alliance to End Homelessness urges the Ontario Human Rights Commission
to proactively help to end homelessness in Ontario by undertaking an inquiry
into and a review of Ontario’s policies and legislation affecting low
incomes. We believe current legislation to be inconsistent with the intent
of the Ontario Human Rights Code.” 

 

2.            “Canada’s Tax System Can be Used to Reduce Homelessness”

The Alliance to End Homelessness in Ottawa Submission to the House of
Commons Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultations, Fall 2007.

Recommendations:

1.       Amend the Income Tax to provide a low income tax credit to
individuals, families, and seniors that would be based on the low income
cut-offs of Statistic Canada.

2.       Establish a national Housing Program through a new federal
Department of Housing to directly and significantly increasing affordable
housing and supportive and supported housing to strengthen the base of
individuals from which federal revenues are derived while helping to end
homelessness.

3.       Establish a minimum five year funding term for the Homelessness
Partnering Strategy with an evaluation as part of the fifth year.

4.       Structure the federal tax system to ensure that people on social
assistance do not have benefits clawed back by provincial governments (e.g.
child tax benefits in Ontario, GST credits).

5.       Improve the base of tax payers through federal rates and policies
affecting low incomes: re-establish a Federal Minimum Wage rate at $10.00,
increase rates and access to Employment Insurance (EI), invest in training,
and increase Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Support (GIS)
programs.

Lynne Browne 
Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa ON  K1N 6A7 
613-241-7913 x 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca 
www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca 

 


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