The non-profit sector makes up nearly 10 per cent of the Canadian economy and employs 2.5 million people, yet is often the last consideration in the federal budget.
Non-profits tend to be community-based, but a lot of funding flows from the top. The federal budget will point to the government’s top priorities and if those on the front lines of services factor into their long-term outlook.
Removing barriers to contraception access gives people agency over their reproductive health and helps narrow the gender equity gap. It also saves taxpayers a lot of money.
Between 2016 and 2021, B.C. lost nearly 100,000 rental units priced below $1,000 monthly. For every new affordable rental home built in B.C., four more are lost to investors, conversions, demolition and rent increases, and new affordable units do not compensate for the loss of existing ones. The situation is similar in every Canadian province.
More than half of Canadians aged 50 or older have experienced loneliness, with 40 per cent experiencing isolation.
While the Ontario government has said they will no longer dissolve the Peel Region into three distinct municipalities, the area’s non-profits worry their vulnerable populations will be forced out or under-resourced when other changes happen.
