Category: Poverty
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How Our Struggles Are Contained by Those In Power
This is a period when ongoing social action and indefinite strikes will be needed to turn back attacks and win our demands. Keep reading »
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Outreach Workers and Advocates Demand More Shelter Space
The Shelter Housing Justice Network held an emergency media conference on Monday, July 15th, in Downtown Toronto. Frontline workers are urgently calling for help as no shelter spaces are available … Watch video »
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Fight for Social Housing
Regent Park TV (RPTV) recently conducted an enlightening interview with Gaetan Heroux from the 230 FightBack, spotlighting a critical issue at the heart of Toronto’s housing crisis. The vacant lot … Watch video »
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The Unhoused: Scapegoating Politics and Housing Struggles
From Anna Seghers, Comrades (translated by Todd Cronan): Steiner (the intellectual) talking to Bató (a Hungarian communist) in 1919: “Yes, people like you are fine! Join the party and then … Keep reading »
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How KingSett Capital Hijacked Toronto’s Revitalization Plans
In March of 2021, Toronto’s City Council directed staff to find funding sources for the purchase or expropriation of 214-230 Sherbourne Street to build “deeply affordable and supportive housing” as … Keep reading »
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The Landlords’ Anti-Rent-Control Argument Is Pure BS
A cynic once said, “if you can’t win an argument, then change the subject.” The big landlords and their defenders in the Democratic political establishment can’t defend the indefensible: Rents … Keep reading »
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Human Rights and Housing
“Shelter and housing can and should be a basic human right,” said Pastor Mark, invoking also John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ to move his audience to continue the drive by the non-profit … Keep reading »
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Bay Street has no Business at Dundas and Sherbourne
230 Fightback is fighting an epic battle against KingSett Capital who want to build a luxurious condo tower on the contested properties of 214-230 Sherbourne in Toronto. The three rooming … Watch video »
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Vancouver’s Sweeps Are Cruel, Costly, and Counterproductive
Less than six months into their term in office Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC majority have made clear their vision for Vancouver: more police, less justice. More inequality, less … Keep reading »
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What Happened to Ending Child Poverty in Canada?
Ending poverty is a policy choice. Government knows what needs to be done, they have the resources, so now we need political will and action. The national child poverty rate … Keep reading »
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More Cops? Not What Our Communities Need
Listening to Chief Myron Demkiw’s pitch for the 2023 budget request to the Toronto Police Services Board (TPS), it sounded like the rationale for the budgets put together by school … Keep reading »
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Did Someone Say Housing Supply? A View from Toronto
It is impossible to deny that we are experiencing a housing crisis in Canada, and a particularly acute one in major metropolitan regions such as Toronto. Evidence of this crisis … Keep reading »