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ODPH response to "Time to regulate food prices like a utility"

ODPH response to Wellesley Institute's policy brief, "Time to regulate food prices like a utility"

ODPH letter in support of Bill S-233 Guaranteed Livable Basic Income

FIWG letter urging National Finance Committee Senators to support Bill S-233, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income.

Monitoring Food Affordability and Inadequacy of Social Assistance Rates

resolution submitted by ODPH to alPHa for consideration at June 2023 AGM

Actions by Ontario Public Health Units to Address Household Food Insecurity: Results of an Environmental Scan of Ontario Public Health Units

This report was an initiative of the Ontario Dietitians in Public Health Food Insecurity Workgroup (ODPH FIWG) to help inform actions being taken by Ontario Public Health Units to address household food insecurity (HFI).

Letter in Support of Bill 60, establishing a Social Assistance Research Commission

ODPH members support Bill 60, establishing a Social Assistance Research Commission

ODPH Letter re: Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy

Letter to the Federal Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development regarding Opportunity For All: Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy, Household Food Insecurity Measurement and Basic Income Pilot.

ODPH response to Premier Ford and Minister MacLeod re social assistance reform announcement

Letter to Premier Ford and Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod in response to July 31, 2018 announcement on social assistance reform and termination of Ontario Basic Income Pilot

Basic Income Payment Table for 2018 Income Scenarios Spreadsheet

Payment table from "Basic Income Pilot: Information Booklet," May 2017. page 16

ODPH letter to MOHLTC re HFSSM on CCHS 2019-20

letter urging MOHLTC and LHINs to recommend the HFSSM as a priority for CCHS 2019-20

DC/ODPH/OPHA joint response to MOECC Proposed Food and Organic Waste Framework

Joint response with Dietitians of Canada and OPHA to Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change proposed framework for food and organic waste submitted January 15, 2018

Joint letter to CBC Radio re: Sounds of the Season

ODPH, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Dietitians of Canada, alPHa and OPHA joint letter to CBC Radio regarding annual Sounds of the Season food drive campaign

Addressing Food and Organic Waste in Ontario - Joint submission with OPHA/DC/PROOF to MOECC consultation

Joint response submitted by ODPH, OPHA, DC and PROOF on Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) Discussion Paper, "Addressing Food and Organic Waste in Ontario."

ODPH response to Ontario Food Security Strategy

Response submitted May 31, 2017 to Poverty Reduction Strategy Office re Ontario Food Security Strategy consultation

Basic Income Pilot Consultation Letter

A letter to Minister Jaczek and Minister Ballard, as part of the Ontario government basic income pilot consultations, in support of the Technical Submission from alPHa, OPHA and PHO, as well as some additional comments (January 2017).

French Position Statement on Responses to Food Insecurity

French translation of the position statement on responses to food insecurity.

Food Security Workgroup Letter to CBC Radio

Letter to CBC Radio about their 2016 Sounds of the Season campaign from an income response to food security perspective.

Response letter from Deb Matthews: FSWG

Response letter from Deb Matthews: FSWG

Letter to Put Food in the Budget

Letter of support to 'Put Food in the Budget' about their recent report 'Food Banks Are Not Enough!' (April 2016).

Letter to the Minister of Finance about the National Zero Waste Council campaign

A Letter to the Minister of Finance from ODPH urging the federal government to reject the tax credit proposal for food industry donations to charitable food programs advocated for by the National Zero Waste Council (March 2016).

Position Statement on Responses to Food Insecurity

Position Statement on Responses to Food Insecurity - Developed by the ODPH Food Security Workgroup to increase awareness among public health staff and management about the growing problem of household food insecurity in Ontario and the urgent need to advocate for effective responses.

Hungry for Action: Backgroud Report

Hungry for Action: How Municipal Government Can Reduce Poverty Background Report
A collaborative initiative led by
Ontario Dietitians in Public Health Food Security Workgroup (2014)

Call to Action on Food Security - Food Security Cover Sheet

Should we be content that some Ontarians are missing-out on a key opportunity for good health – food security? Does it cause you pause that annual Nutritious Food Basket surveys repeatedly show that many people with low-incomes – both from wages as well as from assistance -- can’t afford healthy eating after meeting other essentials such as housing? Are you comfortable that prosperity is being side-tracked and food bank use is substantially increasing?
To learn more about solutions you could promote, check-out the "Call to Action on Food Security” toolkit, which has been developed jointly by OPHA’s Food Security Workgroup and the Ontario Dietitians in Public Health. (June 2011)

Call to Action on Food Security - Food Security Key Messages Background

Should we be content that some Ontarians are missing-out on a key opportunity for good health – food security? Does it cause you pause that annual Nutritious Food Basket surveys repeatedly show that many people with low-incomes – both from wages as well as from assistance -- can’t afford healthy eating after meeting other essentials such as housing? Are you comfortable that prosperity is being side-tracked and food bank use is substantially increasing?
To learn more about solutions you could promote, check-out the "Call to Action on Food Security” toolkit, which has been developed jointly by OPHA’s Food Security Workgroup and the Ontario Dietitians in Public Health. (June 2011)