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Nutritious Food Basket (Motion #43-07)

Moved by Noland, Kinoshameg. Approved by the Sudbury & District Board of Health. 

Motion

WHEREAS a nutritious diet is a basic requirement for health; and

WHEREAS the 2007 Nutritious Food Basket Report highlights how households on social assistance or minimum wage cannot afford a nutritious diet after paying for housing costs and other necessities; and

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Board of Health plays an essential role in fostering healthy communities and has under motion #41-05 endorsed the Public Health and Determinants of Health Position Statement; and

WHEREAS ensuring that people have enough funds to purchase an adequate and nutritious diet is an effective disease prevention strategy; and

WHEREAS under motion #56-05 the Sudbury & District Board of Health demonstrated further its support for the City of Greater Sudbury Food Charter by requesting that the Premier take action to ensure adequate social assistance rates, adequate minimum wage rates and affordable, quality childcare; and

WHEREAS poverty reduction strategies have been implemented successfully in other communities;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health request that the Province develop a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy; and

FURTHER THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health request that the Province do the following:

  1. Establish an independent committee including low-income people, policy experts and advocates to develop criteria for determining Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates including an annual assessment of the median market rent for each local housing market;
  2. Implement OW and ODSP rates that reflect the cost of living and are indexed annually to reflect inflation, including the findings of yearly Nutritious Food Basket costing conducted by local Boards of Health based on protocols established by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; and

FURTHER THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health share the “Nutritious Food Basket: The Cost of Eating in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts” with appropriate community agencies, Mayors and Councils in the City of Greater Sudbury and districts with the request that they consider supporting a poverty reduction strategy.

 

 

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