Tag: County of Wellington

MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for October 8, 2025

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It looks like a slow month at the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee with reports concerning finances, an update about progress on Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System, aka: $10 per day childcare, and a special request from the Mayor of Guelph. Let us now look ahead to another Wednesday afternoon in the Guthrie Room (no relation) at that castle-looking building on Woolwich Street. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for October 8, 2025” →

RECAP: County Staff Tested on Housing Momentum at JSSLAC Meeting

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The June meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting was stacked. Many, many reports were delivered to the committee especially in the realm of updates about social housing and paramedic services planning. There was some friction here as Guelph councillors expressed frustration with a lack of momentum on housing, while Wellington councillors want more expanded paramedic services, so let’s dig into the recap for more!

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MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for June 11, 2025

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It’s going to be a full slate in this last Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting before summer vacation! We will finally get a look inside one of the biggest operations to come out of last year’s Health and Housing Symposium, and we will also get a look into the affordable housing needs of Wellington County. Plus, there will be budget information, paramedic reports and planning for childcare. Let’s begin… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for June 11, 2025” →

RECAP: JSSLAC Hears That There’s Progress on Fighting Homelessness

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It’s not great, it’s not even good, but it is getting better. That was the message from this month’s Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee meeting as politicians and staff from both the City of Guelph and the County of Wellington got a couple of key updates about the response to homelessness. Along with that information, you can learn more about childcare changes, the 2025 budget and fighting hospital offload delays in this month’s recap! Continue reading “RECAP: JSSLAC Hears That There’s Progress on Fighting Homelessness” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #470 – The Poverty Elimination Gut Check (feat. Dominica McPherson)

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We have a weird situation: We’ve elected two new governments at both upper levels in the last four months and the hope is that they can turn things around, and yet, these are also, essentially, the old governments. How can we possibly expect better results from the new old people in charge, and are we even more alone than ever here on the local level? We’ll put this to one of the people whose job it is to advocate. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #470 – The Poverty Elimination Gut Check (feat. Dominica McPherson)” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for May 14, 2025

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Members of Guelph city council and senior staff will once again go to the other side of downtown to sit with members of the County for this month’s Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee. What’s on the agenda? Assets and managing them, some new projects, plus an update on childcare funding, supporting people who were homeless through the winter, and a formal answer to a long-standing matter of interest. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for May 14, 2025” →

RECAP: Too Many Unanswered Questions About CTS Closure Impact at Social Services

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Some questions were answered, but other questions lingered as this month’s meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee  wrapped up. It wasn’t all bad news, of course. There are, it seems, some good things that are going to come out the propose HART HUB,  but the exact impact from the closure of the consumption and treatment site is still hard to know. For all that information, and more, check out the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Too Many Unanswered Questions About CTS Closure Impact at Social Services” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for October 9, 2024

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It’s going to be another busy meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee as they look at the present, near-future and a post-safe consumption site future in Guelph next spring. What’s in a HART Hub? You will find out at this meeting, and you will also get updates about the Delhi housing project, childcare fees for next year, and 2024 budget actuals, plus advocacy for what the County wants to do next on some big issues. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for October 9, 2024” →

RECAP: Social Services Hears Winter Plans and Want More OW Support

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The Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance got back to business after taking the summer off, so that meant there was a lot of business to get back to. Near the top in terms of importance is the Winter Response Plan and how unhoused people are going to be helped in the month’s to come, but there was also a rather lively discussion about the need for more money for Ontario Works recipients. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Hears Winter Plans and Want More OW Support” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for September 11, 2024

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After a summer break, the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee will be meeting for something significantly smaller than their last gathering in June, but no less important. On this agenda, there’s winter! There’s also some money matters in all three areas of social services coverage and future plans for childcare funding in the new year. Plus, there will be some of the usual updates, so take a look at what’s coming up at the county! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for September 11, 2024” →