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Food for thought 💸

We each have a responsibility to ensure that our leaders know we expect justice for Indigenous communities to be a priority 365 days a year.

The Stark Reality Ten Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Report | The Walrus “We have to wonder: should we just abandon ‘reconciliation’ altogether?”

A decade after the TRC, the gov't has only completed 15/95 Calls to Action. However, researchers found that when more public attention is focused on reconciliation (ex. directly after the discovery of unmarked graves), the gov't addresses more of the Calls to Action. thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...

'Unique people doing a unique thing': Saskatoon programs offer second chance for people leaving corrections Saskatoon programs provide work — ranging from needle pickup to graffiti removal — to people who are trying to turn their lives around.

“Sometimes I feel that this is the best chance we get at a better life."

Thank you to Brody Langager and Michelle Berg from the Star Phoenix for helping us to spread the word about our initiatives.

thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...

Climate disasters such as wildfires and extreme heat will continue to worsen social and economic inequality until Canada takes real steps to fight climate change and sufficiently mitigate its impact on our communities.

Canada needs a climate-responsive social safety net For anyone already struggling, chaotic disaster responses increase vulnerability and the risk of poverty, health crises and death.

The photo that accompanies this article was taken here in Saskatchewan — people have been falling through the cracks of our disaster response systems (and our regular systems) for years. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/clim...

Making Rent: The CCPA’s rental wage update 2024 - CCPA It’s almost cliche to say that the high cost of housing is at the heart of Canada’s affordability crisis. Although much media attention is placed on the home ownership market, for the one-third of hou...

@policyalternatives.ca releases a report every year calculating what a fair minimum wage would need to be in different communities across Canada. You can read the full report here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Provincial and federal leaders are choosing to raise minimum wage by 35 cents instead of ensuring that everyone receives a living wage and refusing to implement a housing system that prioritizes those who need housing over those who want to profit off of the housing market.

When workers are underpaid and housing is overpriced, someone is profiting. Our elected leaders are allowing corporations and the wealthy to profit off of raising the cost of necessities like food/housing and paying workers exploitatively low wages.

Saskatchewan is also one of only two provinces that haven't signed an agreement with the feds to continue $10-day childcare and other federal incentives past 2026.

Cash cow: Assessing child care space creation progress - CCPA Canada’s $10-a-day child care program isn't creating enough spaces to meet demand and isn't doing enough to make sure that new spaces are non-profit

@policyalternatives.ca just released a new report tracking the progress of federal and provincial efforts to increase the affordability and accessibility of childcare, determining that Saskatchewan is over 17,000 childcare spaces short of government goals. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Through our employment program we speak to many people, primarily women and other gender minorities, who have dreams of further education or fulfilling employment but can only work limited hours in fields with low pay because they don't have access to childcare.

In a recent op-ed, Canadian economists and housing experts call on the federal government to invest in more informed, collaborative solutions to the housing crisis. archive.ph/GzTnU #housing #canada #canpoli

You can read the full letter BC housing experts sent to the federal government here: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

1976:
Average home price in Canada : $263,000.
Average wage for Canadians ages 25-34: $68,500.

2024 update:
Average home price in Canada : $690,000.
Average wage for Canadians ages 25-34: $67,200.

Check data for your province or city: www.gensqueeze.ca/straddling_t... #cdnpoli

Economic Liberation: A Gender-Based Case for Basic Income | Perspectives Journal Gender-based violence traps hundreds of thousands of Canadian women in dangerous situations and economic precarity. A Basic Income Guarantee could transform our response from crisis management to prev...

We cannot end gender-based violence without confronting the ways in which our economic systems allow it to continue. While unaffordability skyrockets, more vulnerable people stay in violent situations because freedom is financially impossible. perspectivesjournal.ca/economic-lib...

Low-income families in Canada have less disposable income than ever - CCPA Canadian households spent an average of $76,750 on goods and services in 2023, a substantial increase of 14.3 per cent over 2021. This boost in spending was largely driven by the surge in inflation (u...

In Canada, low to modest income families spend 94.6% of their wages on immediate needs. Whereas, the highest income Canadians spend only 55.7% of their income on immediate needs. To learn more about what can be done to address economic inequality, read the full @policyalternatives.ca article below.

YouTube video by Participatory Economy Project A Participatory Economy: a post-capitalist model

There are viable alternatives to capitalism. Cooperative and participatory economics emphasize democratic decision-making, self-management, and social ownership for the common good. The profit motive is left behind in favor of a society where wealth is shared and no one is left behind.

A wealthy country like Canada should be making dramatic investments in non-market housing to ensure that all our citizens have a better quality of life.

Among other countries that boast high GDPs and high standards of living, Canada has fallen far behind in social housing. According to CMHC, only 13% of our social housing stock was constructed by governments within the past 30 years.

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention 💸

Non-profit housing is an economic no-brainer - Spacing Toronto Canada is acting quickly to reposition our trade economy to become more resilient, diverse and self-reliant. We need a similar re-calibration of Canada’s housing system to address our deepening afford...

This is a great read if you are looking to gain insight on what our federal leaders could be doing to promote social and affordable housing and halt the housing crisis 🏠

spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

This is a great resource for people to get help with voting and for service providers to have on hand. Thank you to @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for taking the time to create this ❤️ To distribute physical copies in your community or workplace, access the PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ioJM...

A bit of info about the work Quint does with our two social enterprises, Build Up Saskatoon and Saskatoon Wellbeing Employment Enterprise Program (SWEEP) 🚧

Last week, a few of our staff members headed to Winnipeg for the Construction Social Enterprise Summit! Thank you to BUILD Winnipeg for bringing us together to share our experiences, explore new approaches, and dream big for the future.

We must urge our federal government to address the critical lack of social, supportive, and affordable housing options in our country.

From watching your neighbour's baby while they hand out resumes to doing routine check-ins/resource connections for an elderly person living alone, there are many creative ways to ease the burden for singles in our communities. Single shouldn't mean alone.

We all have a responsibility to vote and advocate with the most vulnerable among us in mind. We also invite you to consider your responsibilities as a community member, neighbour, or friend. How can you reduce material barriers for single individuals or single parent families around you?

Here in Saskatoon, the impacts of worsening income inequality have reached most corners of our city.

We'd like to hear from our community. What do you think of the 2% increase?

You don’t have to rely on these programs or work with low income communities to see that the status quo is failing our communities. The fact is that Saskatchewan’s social assistance programs are not sufficiently addressing poverty.