Author: Yogi Acharya

Yogi Acharya is a writer and an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and the Raise the Rates campaign.

Intentional Neglect or Callous Oversight?

How ‘Progressive’ Basic Income Proposals Fail Migrants In the debate around the pros and cons of basic income, the implications for immigrants are seldom discussed. This omission, whether intentional or … Keep reading »

Poverty • September 26, 2017 • Yogi Acharya and A.J. Withers
Toronto Mayor’s Housing Policies Costs Lives

Eighty people have died in the last two years as a direct result of homelessness in Toronto. That’s one homeless person dying every 10 days. In 1985, people fighting homelessness … Keep reading »

Economy, Poverty • February 7, 2017 • Yogi Acharya
Implementing Austerity By Downloading Responsibility

Ontario’s Attack On Social Assistance Laura Bardeau had bedbugs and lost all of her furniture. A single mother with two children, trying to survive on social assistance, she applied for emergency … Keep reading »

Poverty • July 22, 2016 • A.J. Withers and Yogi Acharya