Minimum wage increase falls short
Last week Premier Kathleen Wynne announced that Ontario's minimum wage will increase to $11 per hour. But this rate is not high enough to ensure that paid employment lifts people above the poverty line.
Association of Ontario Health Centres joins calls for increase to minimum wage
Today the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) joined its voice with a growing number of others calling on the Ontario government to raise the minimum wage so that full-time minimum wage earners are lifted out of poverty.
Expanded Public Dental Programs for Ontario Children Welcomed
The Association of Ontario Health Centres is very pleased that the Ontario government is improving and expanding access to public dental programs for low income children.
Prevent More to Treat Less | Public Health and Primary Health Care Together.
For the first time, Public Health and Primary Health Care will be hosting a joint conference focused on the shared vision of promoting the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone living in Ontario.
Join us!
Community Health Centres welcome Ontario Government commitment to Refugee Health
AOHC welcomes the Ontario government's announcement of the new Ontario Temporary Health Program which will ensure refugee claimants have access to essential and urgent health care.
Submission from the Association of Ontario Health Centres to Consultations on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
The Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) is the voice of community-governed primary health care in Ontario. We share the government’s commitment for a fairer society where every person has the opportunity to achieve his or her full potential for health and wellbeing. Our vision is the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone living in Ontario. We know that reducing and eradicating poverty is essential to achieve this vision.
Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario Report
#Recommendations and next steps:
AOHC has a mixed review for the report released last week by Frances Lankin and Munir Sheikh, heads of The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance, called Brighter Prospects: Transforming Social Assistance in Ontario.
Raising the Minimum Wage: An upstream policy to help promote health and wellbeing
The Ontario government has set up an Advisory Panel to recommend approaches for determining future increases to the minimum wage. The Panel will report back to government in January 2014.
AOHC's work on oral health featured in Toronto Star editorial
Access to affordable oral health care is a priority issue for AOHC.
CHC and AHAC Oral Health Data Collection Report
Read the results of AOHC’s 2013 oral health survey in this report by Nancy LaPlante.
Highlights of the report: