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Growing Milton: Examining Equitable Access to Green Space, Recreation, and Active Transportation Amid Rapid Urban Growth
Guest Blog by Swara Desai Abstract As the Town of Milton grows quickly, important questions come up about whether public infrastructure, like green spaces, recreational facilities and active transportation networks, is being built fairly across different parts of the town. This paper looks at how Milton’s population has changed over time, how the built environment has developed how well people can move around using transit and what policies are in place. It compares older e
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Sep 306 min read
Beyond Poverty: What Happens When We Look at Poverty and Inequality Together?
In our earlier blog, Beyond Poverty: What Growing Income Inequality Means for Halton[1], we look at income inequality separately from poverty. The key message was simple: poverty and inequality are related, but they tell us different things. Poverty asks, “Who does not have enough?” Inequality asks, “How unevenly is income distributed?”. What happens when we put the two measures together? Using Statistics Canada’s 2023 T1 Family File (T1FF) taxfiler data, we can look at both
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Sep 95 min read
Beyond Poverty: What Growing Income Inequality Means for Halton
The issue is not simply whether people are poor, but whether more households are being left behind relative to the broader community. Hand outstretched with coins When we talk about community well-being in Halton, the conversation often focuses on poverty. How many people are living below the poverty line? Which neighbourhoods are struggling most? How affordable is housing? These are important questions. But another issue is increasingly shaping community life across Canada a
rburke023
Jul 304 min read
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