{"id":21427,"date":"2019-05-18T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=21427"},"modified":"2019-05-18T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:31:13","slug":"ford-makes-deep-cuts-to-programs-that-promote-healthy-living-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/18\/ford-makes-deep-cuts-to-programs-that-promote-healthy-living-for-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford makes deep cuts to programs that promote healthy living for seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NDP critic for Seniors\u2019 Affairs, Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre), released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Doug Ford and the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho are making deep cuts on the backs of Ontario\u2019s senior citizens. By the Ford government\u2019s own estimates, it has cut $4.7 million from the ministry\u2019s Seniors Affairs Programs, which promote age-friendly communities and foster seniors\u2019 safety while maximizing their dignity and independence.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Cho\u2019s Friday announcement of $3 million for Seniors Community Grants is a cheap attempt to paper over the $4.7-million cut.<\/p>\n<p>That $4.7 million not only supported programs that keep seniors engaged and connected, it prevented and addressed elder abuse and sought to ensure quality care in Ontario retirement homes.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s senior citizens deserve more, not less, support to live engaged and healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDP critic for Seniors\u2019 Affairs, Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre), released the following statement: &#8220;Doug Ford and the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho are making deep cuts on the backs of Ontario\u2019s senior citizens. By the Ford government\u2019s own estimates, it has cut $4.7 million from the ministry\u2019s Seniors Affairs Programs, which promote age-friendly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[2059],"class_list":["post-21427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-seniors-affairs-program"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 02:08:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21428,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21427\/revisions\/21428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}