2022
. (Toronto Star) (June 1, 2022) ‘Barely surviving.’ Ontario disability recipient shares what it’s like to live off $1,169 a month
(May 12, 2022) ‘We didn’t ask to be injured’: Torontonians on the Ontario Disability Support Program fear future without change
2021
Heather Scoffield. (Toronto Star) (December 1, 2021) Inflation is battering Canada’s most vulnerable
Heather Scoffield. (Toronto Star) (August 26, 2021) Scarborough and Covid-19
Anna Desmarais. (CBC NWT) (August 20, 2021) How CERB is affecting rent payments for N.W.T. clients in social housing
Angelyn Francis. (Toronto Star) (May 3, 2021) Scarborough researchers found the link between multi-generational households and COVID-19. What it could change about housing in years to come
2020
Rob Carrick. (The Globe and Mail) (November 24, 2020) A voice of pandemic money stress: ‘I can’t contemplate Christmas’
Brendan Kennedy. (Toronto Star) (October 19, 2020) The welfare diet turns 25
Lauren O’Neil. (Blog TO) (June 15, 2020) Toronto renters spend way more on their housing than mansion owners do (@laurenonizzle)
Jason Pereira. (JasonPereira.ca) (March 18, 2020) Retirement Programs and Retiring on a Low Income (transcript)
2019
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (November 26, 2019) Those who toil in low-wage jobs in the GTA more likely to be visible minorities
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (October 15, 2019) Needy North Scarborough shortchanged by City
Heather Scoffield. (Toronto Star) (August 22, 2019) Income gap figures don’t speak to deepening poverty
Dominik Kurek. (Inside Toronto) (May 6, 2019) There’s no silver bullet
Greg Bonnell. (Bloomberg News Network) (April 10, 2019) Cash Hurdles for Low income
Preet Banerjee. (Mostly Money) (March 7, 2019) The Upside-down World of Financial Planning for Retirement on a Low Income
2018
Brendan Kennedy. (Toronto Star) (December 16, 2018) Battle of Ortona veterans raise a glass
Don Martin. (CTV News) (November 6, 2018) Reality check on poverty strategy
May Warren. (Toronto Star) (September 15, 2018) Downtown Toronto becoming like Downton Abbey
George Thomson. (Toronto Star) (June 6, 2018) Income Security Reform at stake
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (April 18, 2018) Toronto residents pin hopes on basic income
2017
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (December 26, 2017) Anti poverty activists share dream but live totally different lives
Mike Adler. (Inside Toronto) (November 17, 2017) A penniless woman becomes a voice-for-Canada’s poor
Doug Saunders. (Globe & Mail) (May 27, 2017) Income Taxes turn 100: What have we learned?
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (April 24, 2017) Ontario launches Basic income pilot
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Star Touch) (April 18, 2017) Ontario embraces Basic income
2016
Vanmala Subramaniam. (Vice Money) (November 28, 2016) Poverty is expensive
CBC News. (November 28, 2016) Poverty costs Toronto billions
David Shum. (Global News) (November 28, 2016) Poverty costs Toronto more than $4.4 billion annually
Editor. (Toronto Star) (November 29, 2016) City Council must fully implement anti-poverty plan
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (November 28, 2016) Cost of poverty in Toronto pegged at $5.5 billion
Debarati Mukherjee. (India Blooms) (November 29, 2016) Poverty costs Toronto billions
Anna Maria Tremonti. (The Current, CBC) (May 25, 2016) Canadian seniors still working to make ends meet
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Toronto Star) (May 9, 2016) Ontario’s soaring poverty gap ‘starkest’ for single adults as welfare rates stagnate
Lauren Heuser. (National Post) (April 6, 2016) Only the feds can really fix housing in Canada
Muriel Draisma. (CBC) (February 24, 2016) Scarborough renewal
Michael Hainsworth. (BNN) (February 19, 2016) Fruit and vegetable price increases
2015
Matt Galloway. (Metro Morning, CBC) (October 26, 2015) Nutritious eating on a low income
Laurie Monsebraaten. (Reporter, Toronto Star) (October 10, 2015) Cost of Ontario’s 1995 ‘welfare diet’ soars amid inadequate rates, also see The National 20 years ago
Chris Reynolds. (Reporter, Toronto Star) (October 7, 2015) Why does Toronto’s visitor guide snub Scarborough?
Tavia Grant. (Reporter, Globe & Mail) (September 21, 2015) Toronto’s food banks see rising demand in inner suburbs
Maclean’s Magazine. (September 18, 2015) Vanishing Canada: Why we are all losers in Ottawa’s war on data
The Toronto Star. (July 2, 2015) Coaching poor to build a financial safety net
The Toronto Star. (April 20, 2015) Toronto: The Downton Abbey of Canada?
The Toronto Star. (March 29, 2015) Should poor seniors pay to volunteer?
The Toronto Star, (February 12, 2015) It’s not just welfare computer system that needs a fix
The Toronto Star. (January 25, 2015) Ontario’s welfare computer glitches are not the first
The Toronto Star. (January 14, 2015) Annual earnings exemptions urged for Ontario welfare recipients
2014
The Stratford Citizen. (November 28, 2014) Veterans Minister Julian Fantino and St. Mary’s Veteran Al Stapleton.
Tavia Grant. (Reporter, Globe & Mail) (November 4, 2014) The Recession is over but food bank use is still climbing in Canada
The Hon. Deb Matthews. Minister. (ONN 2014) Shout-out to John Stapleton at 7:12 point
Ellen Roseman (Columnist). Toronto Star. (November 3, 2014) Low income Canadians hit by banking frills
Steve Paikin (Host). The Agenda. (September 22, 2014) Poverty reduction
Liz Bernier (Reporter). Canadian HR Reporter. (September 8, 2014) Money for nothing
Mike Adler (Reporter). Scarborough Mirror. (June 25, 2014) Creating a more positive image for Scarborough
Kat Sienuic (Reporter). Globe & Mail. (June 3, 2014) Former OLG head Rod Phillips to take reins of CivicAction
2013
Ron Charles (Reporter) & Sarah Bridge (Producer). CBC: The National. (December 16, 2013) The changing face of poverty in Canada
Laurie Monsebraaten. Toronto Star. (December 13, 2013) Welfareization of disability incomes
Paul Weinberg. NOW Magazine. (October 24, 2013). Poverty patchwork
Laurie Monsebraaten. Toronto Star. (August 31, 2013). Ontario rolls out welfare reforms
Murray Brewster. Canadian Press (C.P.). (July 10, 2013). Al Stapleton and Sicily memories
Catherine Porter and Christopher So. Toronto Star. (May 22, 2013). Not anytime soon: The life and times of Linda Chamberlain
John Stapleton. Toronto Star. (April 26, 2013). It’s time to end the erosion of public assistance in Ontario
Lorna Dueck. Global Network. (video posted February 28, 2013). Part 1: Working Poor Senator Hugh Segal
Lorna Dueck. Global Network. (video posted February 28, 2013). Part 2: Working Poor: Where do they live? John Stapleton & Michael Menezes
Ellen Roseman. Toronto Star. (January 22, 2013). End of paper tax return raises fears
Catherine Porter. Toronto Star. (January 6, 2013). Star readers give gift of mobility
2012
Catherine Porter. Toronto Star. (December 21 & 25). Meals on wheels nourishes mind as well as body
Laurie Monsebraaten. Toronto Star. (December 13, 2012). Ontario anti poverty efforts pull 40,000 children out of poverty
Natalia Segal. Public Policy and Governance Review. (November 25, 2012). Seen and Heard: John Stapleton, the Janeiro Donelson Perez Lecture on Inequality
Tavia Grant. Globe & Mail. (October 30, 2012). Recession’s legacy has food-bank usage soaring in Canada
Catherine Porter. Toronto Star. Two Female Hardship survivors give back to others. (October 23, 2012). Linda Coltman and Linda Chamberlain
James Daw. Low Income Senior’s Income Tax Shock. (July 30, 2012). Adeline’s story
Tavia Grant. Globe & Mail. (June 18, 2012). Could be worse: Family income stays steady
Ontario Hansard. (June 6, 2012). Testimony on social assistance
Hamilton Spectator. (May 16,2012). Working Poverty: 5 Questions
Walkom, T. (February 22, 2012). Harper’s Pension cuts hit the young the hardest
Galloway, M. (February 13, 2012). Metro Morning: Job not enough
Paperny, A. (February 11, 2012). Interactive map: Explore the data behind Toronto’s working poor
Paperny, A. (February 11, 2012). The poor in Toronto: They’re working but not getting any richer
Monsebraaten, L. (February 12, 2012) Metcalf Foundation study: working poor numbers way up in Toronto
2011
Porter, C. (November 25, 2011) Linda Chamberlain rose from rough beginnings
Cheadle, B., & Scoffield, H. (June 15, 2011). Poverty report shows single men doing less well than single moms. Macleans.
Rankin, J. (June 15, 2011). Housing for ex-cons: Spend a little, save a lot. The Toronto Star.
Monsebraaten, L. (May 23, 2011). Penalized for working? Disabled lose 50 cents on every dollar earned. The Toronto Star.
Goar, C. (Mar. 29, 2011). Goar: Creative use of tax loophole blunts justice. The Toronto Star.
Grant, T. (Feb. 7, 2011). Food inflation: It’s all about what’s on your plate. The Globe and Mail.
2010
The Canadian Press. (Nov. 24, 2010). Recession exacerbates poverty among young men. Metro News.
Toronto Star Editorial (Nov. 23, 2010). Welfare rules: A smack down, not a hand up.
Porter, C. (Nov. 19, 2010). Porter: Linda Chamberlain’s job was making her broke. The Toronto Star.
Monsebraaten, L. (May 17, 2010). Youth in state care need RESPs. ParentCentral.ca
Daw. J. (Feb. 20, 2010). File a tax return, raise your income. The Toronto Star.
2009
Toronto Star Editorial (Oct. 21, 2009). The welfare asset trap.
Toronto Star Editorial (Oct. 21, 2009). Welfare report blasts asset limit.
National Post Editorial (Oct. 2009). Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives sets new standard for silly studies.
Stapleton, J. (2009). Designing new architecture for Ontario social assistance. The Toronto Star, Jun. 2.
Drummond, D., & Stapleton, J. (2009). What Ontario has to do to fix the hole in welfare. The Toronto Star, Mar. 18.
Stapleton, J., Gasparini, J., & Neethan S. (2009). Ontario needs to step up and tackle social deficit. The Toronto Star, Mar. 4.
Goar, C. (2009). Last cushion reduced to shreds. The Toronto Star, Jan. 23.
2008
Stapleton, J. (2008). Welfare won’t be much help. The Toronto Star, Dec. 24.
Monsebraaten, L. (2008). First steps on poverty draw praise. The Toronto Star, Dec. 5.
Major milestones in poverty reduction in Ontario. (J. Stapleton)
Poverty timeline. The Toronto Star, Dec. 5.
Cooper, J. (2008). Economists sound off on approaches to fiscal downturn. CMA Management, November.
Monsebraaten, L. (2008). Welfare raise leaves cheque at 1988 levels. The Toronto Star, Nov. 1.
Monsebraaten, L. (2008). Obama puts poor back on agenda. The Toronto Star, Nov. 8.
Drummond, D. & Stapleton, J. (2008). Ontario can help the poor save. The Toronto Star, July 25.
Stapleton, J. (2008). How our tax system discourages self-reliance. National Post, January 4.
2007
Stapleton, J. (2007, Fall). Reflections on a return to Italy 60 years later. The Monte Cassino Society, 2, 9-11.
Stapleton, J. (2007). Remove bricks from welfare wall. The Toronto Star, December 8.
Stapleton, J. (2007). Destroy Canada’s welfare trap. National Post, December 8.
Stapleton, J., & Barata, P. (2007). Canada’s social policy imperatives. The Toronto Star, October 23.
Stapleton, J. (2007). All governments have a duty to tear down walls of poverty. The Toronto Star, September, 16.
Stapleton, J. (2007). Working poor get little relief from Flaherty. The Toronto Star, March, 23.
2006
Stapleton, J. (2006). Winning and losing Elections. Unpublished commentary.
Stapleton, J. (2006). We owe working Ontarians income security. Globe and Mail, 05/09/06