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Garima Talwar Kapoor
Garima Talwar Kapoor is Director, Policy and Research at Maytree.
Publications
- How the CRA became the Grinch that stole the Canada Housing Benefit supplement
- Ontario’s new power over municipal rental replacement policies threatens the supply of affordable rental housing
- Five ideas for the Ontario government to consider for its Employment Services Transformation planning process for Toronto
- More affordable housing for whom? Putting people first in Ontario’s housing policy decisions
- Advancing the Canada disability benefit quickly to meaningfully support working-age adults with disabilities
- Brief on the proposed rental housing benefit clause related to residents of multi-tenant dwellings
- Strengthening the social safety net for people in greatest need
- How to reduce the depth of single adult poverty in Canada: Proposal for a Canada Working-Age Supplement
- Comment réduire le niveau de pauvreté chez les personnes célibataires au Canada : proposition d’un supplément canadien pour les adultes en âge de travailler
- Ontario should reinvest its savings in social assistance — and raise benefits now
- Interpreting the data: What are the key trends in Social Assistance Summaries, 2021?
- How the City of Toronto can further embed human rights in its proposed renovictions policy
- A closer look at the federal budget’s housing plan
- Housing is a human right, not a commodity
- Doing more for those with less: How to strengthen benefits and programs for low-income individuals and families in Ontario
- Submission to the Government of Ontario regarding proposed amendments to O. Reg. 367/11 under the Housing Services Act, 2011
- Singles in deep poverty neglected by pandemic supports
- Pandemic supports are failing Canada’s poorest
- Federal parties did not learn lessons from pandemic
- Are federal parties doing enough on poverty?
- Developing a costing for a basic income is not a neutral exercise
- The impacts of Ontario Works legislation changes depend on what we do next
- Shaking up the systems: Fighting poverty in post-pandemic Canada
- Three recommendations for the Ontario government on household income and asset limits for rent-geared to-income (RGI) assistance
- Successive budgets show affordable housing is clearly not a priority for Ontario
- Ontario’s vision for social assistance is encouraging – but the budget tells a different story
- Understanding what matters: Summary of the Financial Accountability Office’s report Housing and Homelessness Programs in Ontario
- Ensuring the success of Ontario’s vision for social assistance transformation
- Our recovery cannot rest on hope – it depends on investments in people and public services
- Five good ideas for income supports in a post-CERB Canada
- Locked down, not locked out: An eviction prevention plan for Ontario
- Any post-pandemic recovery plan must include society’s most vulnerable
- One string is not a safety net – it’s a tightrope
- Glass half full? The impacts of CERB on people receiving social assistance in Ontario
- Submission to the Government of Ontario regarding a provincial poverty reduction strategy
- Changes to social assistance could harm, not help, people living in poverty
- Five ideas Maytree would like to see in Ontario’s next Poverty Reduction Strategy
- System transformation in Ontario Works: Considerations for Ontario
- Challenges to leadership in Canadian society, and how economic and social rights can help
- The Ontario government can no longer stay silent on critical social issues
- Why cutting taxes on EI benefits for new parents may not be good policy
- Cancelling the Transition Child Benefit in Ontario is bad policy
- Implementing a human rights-based approach to housing in the City of Toronto
- How to make community housing work better for Ontarians
- Prioritizing fundamental human rights can help us find the clarity we need for good public policy
- The National Housing Strategy Act provides Canada with an opportunity to recognize one of the basic and fundamental rights
- What the Canada Training Benefit could mean for the future of workers in Canada
- Ontario health care reform success depends on social assistance system
- It’s time: Social policy needs to consider economic and social rights
- Improving OHIP+ for lower- and modest-income Ontarians