Deputy Chief Economist: Public Health Officials

There Were Dozens Dept: It had the lowest participation of any group. Moreover, it was unbalanced. There were dozens of anti-poverty activists, immigration settlement workers, child welfare advocates, community leaders and public health officials, but only a handful of private sector representatives, according to The Star. That set the stage for an honest, though painful, conversation about how to include everybody including the 75,000 Torontonians living on social assistance in the movement to build a strong, sustainable city-region and looking at the empty tables at the front of the room, Frances Lankin couldn t hide her disappointment. The former United Way president and provincial cabinet minister, who is now spearheading Ontario s social assistance review, was the first speaker at a session on income security at the Greater Toronto summit last week. How few became clear when Derek Burleton, vice-president and deputy chief economist of the TD Bank, asked corporate participants to raise their hands. Six went up. Before he could commend them, a voice piped up from the floor: How many are from TD Bank? Five of the six went back up. Burleton grinned sheepishly. As reported in the news.
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