Centre for Independent Living in Toronto - CILT Inc.

02/13/2026

Final 2026 City Budget Makes Targeted Investments in key services.

On February 10, Toronto City Council debated and voted on amendments to the Mayor's 2026 City Budget. Together with disabled residents and many community partners, CILT fought for a city budget that adequately funded disability inclusive city services as a human right

Here is a link to Social Planning Toronto's breakdown of the budget's key targeted service investments.

Final 2026 City Budget Makes Targeted Investments in Key Services Home Blog Final 2026 City Budget Makes Targeted Investments in Key Services February 10, 2026 On February 10, Toronto City Council met for final budget votes on the 2026 City Budget. Members of Council debated and voted on amendments....

02/12/2026

We were honoured to join with community voices at yesterday's FUND THE BUDGET Rally outside Toronto City Hall.

CILT and the GTA Disability Coalition were one of 12 community speakers advocating for city council to fund our city's services and make No Cuts to the Mayor's 2026 Budget. We specifically called for transparent and deeper disability inclusion spending and bold action by the city on building accessible housing and shelters. City Council voted for the Mayor's Budget with no cuts- a small win!

Shoutout to Social Planning Toronto, lead organizer of the rally!

Here are some rally scenes and signs!

Alt Text: 7 photos of rally crowd scenes, some of them showing participants holding signs, and others showing rally speakers. One photo is of council chambers with a view of seated councillors.

02/07/2026

"I would recommend reallocating funds from Toronto Police Services. It has been well-documented that funding social programs does more to reduce crime than police services do. Especially when these funds are used to criminalize our unhoused community, many of whom are disabled or will become disabled due to being unhoused."
Dev Ramsawakh, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto, seputing at 2026 City of Toronto Budget Subcommittee.

Dev Ramsawakh, a program assistant at CILT, spoke at the Budget Subcommittee meeting at Scarborough Civic Centre about how poverty impacts disabled people in...

02/07/2026

During Black History Month, CILT is elevating the lives, struggles and legacy of Black people in Canada on our socials. Some posts will center Black disabled people with other marginalized identities, given many experience multiple forms of oppression and erasure In Canada.
We'll also share content on events, resources, history, leaders- and impact stories! Please join us in marking this important month on the annual calendar, by also sharing other Black History Month posts!



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A square poster. Poster text, in all caps is: February is Black History Month. Poster is rendered in a multi-coloured palate of gold, red, green and black. It is designed is a pattern of 6 rows of smaller geometric squares displayed horizontally and vertically, with graphic silhouettes of human faces.

02/07/2026

“People who have access to community and accessible affordable housing often start to thrive despite society being ableist. We can get there; we can lift people up."
Keat Welsh, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT)

Keat Welsh, the IDE+A Project Coordinator at CILT, spoke at the Budget Subcommittee meeting at Etobicoke Civic Centre about the lack of statistics on accessi...

02/06/2026

“While homelessness is a mass disabling crisis, our partners at Toronto Shelter and Support Services and Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness tell us that day by day, disabled folks are still routinely refused shelter spaces in our city’s shelters and provided no alternative options once they are refused because inaccessibility is a structural problem in our city. And so there’s no place for them to go.”
David Meyers, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT)

David Meyers, CILT's Senior Manager of Independent Living Programs, spoke at the Budget Subcommittee meeting at City Hall about Toronto’s rising disabled unh...

02/06/2026

We're sharing this YouTube video originally posted on our GTA Disabiliy Coalition page. It is a deputation to the Toronto 2026 City Budget Subcommittee by Keya Osborne, Director of Disability Justice at CNIB, a colaition partner. CNIB is a dedicated GTA Disability Coalition partner.

Keya Osborne, Director of Disability Justice at CNIB, spoke at the Budget Subcommittee at North York Civic Centre about how the City of Toronto can improve a...

02/05/2026

Kim Adlard, Coordinator of the GTA Disability Coalition, convened by Centre for Independent Living in Toronto - CILT Inc., spoke at the 2026 Budget Subcommittee meeting at Etobicoke Civic Centre about Toronto’s crisis of deeply affordable and accessible housing.
Watch Kim's full deputation here:

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Kim Adlard, the coordinator of the GTA Disability Coalition, spoke at the Budget Subcommittee meeting at Etobicoke Civic Centre about Toronto’s crisis of dee...

02/04/2026

On January 20, our Executive Director, Wendy Porch, deputed at the City of Toronto's 2026 Budget Subcommittee meeting at City Hall. Toronto Council votes on the budget this Tuesday February 10.

Check out Wendy's full deputation via the link below.

Wendy Porch, Executive Director at the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto, spoke at the Budget Subcommittee meeting at City Hall about the lack of acce...

02/03/2026

Add your voice to this campaign. Tell Mayor Chow and your councillor to vote for Fare Capping, a fare freeze and other improvements to TTC services.

On February 10, Toronto City Council votes on the 2026 Budget!

02/03/2026

FUND OUR CITY 2026 BUDGET RALLY!
Nathan Phillips Square!
Tuesday, February 10
12 PM - 2 PM
Nathan Phillips Square
100 Queen St. W
City Hall, front doors

CILT is proud to be a partner in this budget Rally! We welcome residents with disabilities and disability sector partners to show up on Budget Vote Day and tell City Council to fully fund critical services that residents rely on to thrive!

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Fund Our City: Toronto Budget Rally January 13, 2026 Access plain text version. On February 10, Toronto City Council will be voting on the 2026 City Budget. Social Planning Toronto and partners are organizing a community rally outside City Hall to let Council know this is no time for cuts. This year...