Reading Time: 3 minutes Doing taxes can be a powerful way to increase income, especially for those who earn the least
Author: Gary Bloch
Dr. Gary Bloch is a family physician with St. Michael’s Hospital and Inner City Health Associates. His research, clinical, education, program development, and advocacy interests focus on the intersection between social risks to health and front line health care. He has developed internationally recognized clinical tools, including a Clinical Tool on Poverty, and the development of clinical programs and educational curricula. He serves as Chair of the St. Michael’s Hospital Family Health Team’s Social Determinants of Health Committee, and in that position has overseen the development and implementation of a multifaceted, culture-shifting incorporation of interventions and approaches to the social determinants of health and health equity.
We cannot afford the cost of ignoring poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes A society with no poverty would be healthier, happier and easier to live in – and would save us all money in the end
Never too late for low-income Canadians to file their taxes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Those earning $40,000 a year or less may be eligible for a range of benefits
How doctors can help tackle their patients’ poverty
Reading Time: 4 minutes . . . without leaving the doctor’s office
Doing your taxes good for your health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taking advantage of tax credits can go a long way to making things easier for low-income Canadians