MISWAA Final Report
The MISWAA Final Report
will be available in a pdf version
on May 10th.
The MISWAA Final Report
The Task Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working- Age Adults (MISWAA) was formed in the fall of 2004 by the Toronto City Summit Alliance, a broad-based coalition of civic leaders in the Toronto region, and by St. Christopher House, a multi-service neighbourhood centre that works with low income people in Toronto.
The Task Force is made up of representatives from major employers, labour unions, policy institutes, academia, community organizations, advocacy groups, foundations, governments,1 and individuals with firsthand experience of income security programs.
All of the Task Force members are united in a belief that the current income security system is broken, and that all orders of government must come to the table to secure the needed reforms. While we are made up mostly of people from the Toronto region, we have tried to take account in our recommendations of the needs of other parts of Canada. We believe our proposals will work across the country and will serve the needs of rural as well as urban Canadians.
Our proposals for reform start from the perspective that multiple levers are required for a robust social safety net. Minimum wage, employment standards, EI, income supplementation, social assistance, available and affordable housing and childcare, healthcare, and skills development and training programs all have a role to play. Of these levers, this report will focus on those that address income policies.
MISWAA Final Report
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