Read Our Submission to the Toronto Police Service Board

September 12 2024

The Toronto Police Service Board recently sought public input on a new Public Order Policy currently in development that will establish a policy on police...

Reimagining Funding and Service Delivery for Newcomers: Considerations for Relational Infrastructure

June 19 2024

Reimagining Funding and Service Delivery for Newcomers: Considerations for Relational Infrastructure is a proposal to develop a community-based funding model that centres the voices of newcomers...

Recommendations to the Province of Ontario on Bill 185: Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act

June 06 2024

This letter was initially submitted to the Provincial Parliament of Ontario on May 15, 2024. We are writing to express our recommendations concerning Bill 185,...

A Tale of Two Budgets

May 01 2024

Analyses of the 2024 Federal Budget and Ontario Provincial Budget.

Watch Our Webinar: Towards Prosperity in Tkaronto

April 26 2024

Join SPT, Lindsay Kretschmer (Executive Director of the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council) and Kenn Richard (consultant and author of the forthcoming Toronto Aboriginal Research Project 10-Year Legacy Review and Indigenous Prosperity Action Plan) for a conversation about Indigenous prosperity and what eliminating poverty means for Indigenous community-based organizations in Toronto.

Watch Our Webinar: Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy—Improving Collaboration for Collective Impact

April 26 2024

SPT is joined by Bryony Halpin (the City’s new Manager, Poverty Reduction) and Orpah Cundangan (from The Tamarack Institute) to discuss their approaches to tackling the root causes of poverty.

Confidential Communications Survey: We Need to Hear From You!

March 02 2024

SPT is currently creating a new communications plan, and we’re committed to ensuring that the voices of all of our supporters and community partners are...

Joint Letter: We Need Toronto City Council to Fund Our City!

February 15 2024

On the eve of final votes on the 2024 City Budget, SPT and 64 other community-based organizations and grassroots groups sent a joint letter to...

Compromised Budget Delivers Historic New Investment Turning the Corner on a City in Decline, While Also Allocating Millions More to the Police

February 15 2024

Hundreds of residents took part in the “Fund Our City” rally in front of City Hall on the morning of February 14. Community members sent...

Reasonable and Responsible Property Taxes to Fund a Better City

February 12 2024

Property taxes are likely to be the topic of some debate at this Wednesday’s Council meeting, where final budget votes will take place. This year’s...