Social Planning Council of Kingston and District

City of Kingston has proposed taking water and wastewater services from Utilities Kingston and giving them to a new for-profit Municipal Service Corporation expected to operate like a business.

The opportunity to provide feedback has been extended. Water and wastewater services are important public goods which affect us all. Read our letter and complete the survey by January 19th.

Survey: https://getinvolved.cityofkingston.ca/water-waste-water-municipal-service-corporation?tool=survey_tool

Additional Context: https://thekingstoncrow.substack.com/p/rethinking-kingstons-water-and-wastewater

City of Kingston has proposed to take water and wastewater services from Utilities Kingston and give them to a new Municipal Service Corporation incorporated as a for-profit business.

The opportunity to provide feedback has been extended.
Water and wastewater are important public goods which affect us all. Read our letter and complete the survey by January 19th.

Survey:

https://getinvolved.cityofkingston.ca/water-waste-water-municipal-service-corporation/surveys/survey

Context:

https://thekingstoncrow.substack.com/p/rethinking-kingstons-water-and-wastewater

https://www.thewhig.com/news/environmental-lawyer-questions-kingstons-plan-for-utilities-kingston

Nov 22 is National Housing Day! Find out more here: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/nhs/national-housing-day

See local reports related to housing at https://www.spckingstonanddistrict.org/2025-housing-forum

Let's support housing for everyone!

Social Planning Council of Kingston and District - 2025 Housing Forum On May 14, 2025, the Social Planning Council of Kingston & District hosted a Kingston Community Housing Forum with a focus on Affordable Rental Housing

It's Living Wage week and SPCK&D is pleased to be a Living Wage Employer! In Kingston the new living wage rate is $22.20. Find out more at

Updated 2025 Rates A living wage is the hourly wage a worker needs to earn to cover their basic expenses and participate in their community.

Unaffordability. Unemployment. Job Losses. Homelessness. Ontario can't afford mass evictions, too!

We've joined 134 organizations working across Ontario to demand that Premier Ford protect renters and repeal .

Read our letter: https://tinyurl.com/StopBill60

We invite you to view the slides from our 2025 Housing Forum here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19eDD9ONhqszH4FYiH60gd-3CIDlKeKeZ/view

More to see on our webpage, which will continue to be updated! https://www.spckingstonanddistrict.org/2025-housing-forum

ONN’s 2025 State of the Sector survey is now open - help meet the moment of a changing sector with representative data that can help inform decisions, shape policy, and strengthen the nonprofit sector. Take the survey today:

Nonprofit sector surveys - Ontario Nonprofit Network ONN conducts annual surveys on the nonprofit sector in Ontario. Results, policy recommendations, and data sheets are shared on this page.

Thanks to everyone who made the Community Affordable Housing Forum a great success!

The venue for the upcoming Affordable Housing Forum has changed to 236 Nelson St., Kingston, ON. Registration is still open. Register: https://surl.li/hhrlls
Contact and email to e-transfer the $35 registration fee: [email protected]
See you at the Forum on May 14, 2025!

SPCK&D Community Housing Forum Registration

Affordable housing forum in Kingston on May 14! All welcome to this in-person event.

The registration link is https://surl.li/hhrlls
E-transfer the $35 registration fee to [email protected] (note two zeros after spckingston)

Affordable Housing Forum on May 14, 2025. Fee is $35.
Register here: Link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7S9X168ehvQY4BDIwgX6XtA9NA-5J1vmoymEGz6LYI2NJaw/viewform

More details at: [email protected]

$21.65 is the updated 2024 Living Wage for Kingston. See more at

Updated 2024 Living Wage Rates A living wage is the hourly wage a worker needs to earn to cover their basic expenses and participate in their community.