Community Dispatch

Vol. 14, #4 – Hard Hit – Economic Recession: Impact On Halton Social Servicing Agencies

December 2009 The current global recession is having a profound impact on nations and the lives of their citizens. Although governments had been pumping billions of dollars into stimulus programs and rescue packages and economists herald the end of recession, for...

Vol. 1, #1 – Housing

September 1996 The Community Development Halton is a member of the Halton Housing Coalition (HHC), a grouping of housing and service providers who are concerned about the quality of housing for low and moderate income residents in Halton. Tenant...

Vol. 3, #5 – Food Banks: From an Emergency Response to a Permanent Institution

August 1999 In the Spring of 1999, the Halton Social Planning Council released the Halton Food Bank Study: Alternatives to Dependency. Concern about food security in our community evoked a series of questions about the role of food banks in resolving people's food...

Vol. 7, #2 – Embracing Smart Growth – Which Path?

March 2003 This edition of Community Dispatch presents highlights of the Council's recent report: Embracing Smart Growth - Which Path? It offers the Council's observations on the proposed changes to the Halton Official Plan. Background The Regional Municipality of...

Vol. 8, #13 – Canada Votes 2004 – Taxation

June 2004 Community Development Halton wishes to acknowledge the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia, SPARC BC, for the development of the materials in Canada Votes 2004. Community Development Halton has made changes to this material in order to...

Vol. 11, #2 – Poverty In Canada: Our Disgrace

October 2006 The United Nations has designated October 17 as International Day for the Elimination of Poverty. I thought it important on this day to reflect on Canada's record to eliminate poverty across our land. Poverty has a devastating impact. It represents...

Vol. 14, #5 – Changes To 2011 Census Threaten Community Data

July 2010 Community Development Halton is astonished and deeply concerned about the recent decision of the Federal Government to discontinue the mandatory long-form questionnaire for the 2011 Census in favour of a voluntary National Household Survey (NHS). As a local...

Vol. 1, #2 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 1996 United Nations Declaration In 1992, the United Nations declared October 17th the International Day of the Eradication of Poverty and 1996 as the International Year of the Eradication of Poverty. At the world summit for Social Development in 1995 leaders...