Cheatsheet: 23 important and under-the-radar highlights from Budget 2023

Why It Matters

Budget 2023 sets the Canadian government’s funding priorities for years to come. Organizational leaders must understand the budget’s impact on their work to devise effective programming, outreach, and fundraising campaigns.

Eight social purpose sector leaders on what Doug Ford should do right now for Ontarians

Why It Matters

Doug Ford made a number of promises to the province’s people leading up to his re-election that could help Ontarians recover quickly from the health, social, and financial crisis we’re still in — or set them back even further, say eight experts.

What’s missing from the Ontario election platforms? 14 Northern and rural-based community leaders weigh in.

Why It Matters

The social issues that the political parties promise to address may not be meeting the needs of all Ontarians. As each party releases their platform, communities from all over the province will see who deserves their vote.

Canada’s ambitious social policy spending may be over. Here’s how the 2022 federal budget lines up with the Liberals’ priorities.

Why It Matters

Mandate letters are detailed descriptions of a Prime Minister’s policy goals – and priorities – for their term. They give the social impact sector an idea of what issues the government may quickly fund, and what it may ignore outright.

Scorecard: Does budget 2022 offer communities the support they want and need? Social impact leaders weigh in

Why It Matters

With a slew of issues facing Canadians, ranging from the economic impacts of the pandemic to systemic racism, the social impact world waits for the release of the budget with bated breath to see how it purports to address these issues.