Category: Poverty
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Community Resistance to the War on the Poor: The Online Course
Justin Podur interviews John Clarke and A.J. Withers In January 2016, John Clarke and A.J. Withers will be teaching the online course, “Community Resistance to the War on the Poor,” at … Keep reading »
Toronto’s Plan to Push Out the Homeless
The Mayor’s Office in Toronto is today occupied by a much slicker operation than it was during the years of dysfunctional, bigoted buffoonery that unfolded under Rob Ford. Mayor John … Keep reading »
The Fight Against Street Deaths in Toronto
The twin agendas of urban redevelopment and austerity have increased the scale of the homeless crisis in Toronto. Over 4,000 people cram into the emergency shelters every night and many … Keep reading »
An Unconditional Citizen’s Income
In these straitened times, the idea of a basic income, granted unconditionally to every citizen, from cradle to grave, feels utopian. How on earth could it be paid for, we … Keep reading »
Fair Wages Now!
Toronto — 18 June 2014. Our fight for a $14 minimum wage continues no matter who gets elected! On June 18, the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage rallied in … Watch video »
Austerity and the Attack on Disability Benefits
Facing Resistance In Ontario At the beginning of this month, Ted McMeekin, the Ontario Minister of Community and Social Services, informed the provincial Legislature that his government will not be merging … Keep reading »
Poor People’s History of East Downtown Toronto
Toronto — 14 September 2013. For close to two centuries East Downtown Toronto has welcomed the unemployed, homeless and working poor. Infrastructures to support the unemployed, some of which date … Watch video »
Austerity Agenda Targets the Disabled
The recent Ontario provincial budget did not do very much to uphold Kathleen Wynne‘s claim to the title of ‘Social Justice Premier.’ Most of those on social assistance received an … Keep reading »
Brighter Prospects — For Cheap Labour
OCAP Statement on the Report of the Commission for theReview of Social Assistance in Ontario Over the last eighteen years, people on social assistance in Ontario have seen their real income … Keep reading »
Economic Crisis and Austerity: The Stranglehold on Canada’s Families
The claim that economic crises and austerity have an uneven impact on the working-class – with the greatest effects being felt by women and children – is one we hear … Keep reading »
Public Services, Good Jobs and the Ontario Election
Meeting chaired by Nancy Pridham; presentations by John Cartwright, Cathy Crowe, Deena Ladd, Sandy Hudson, Carolyn Egan, and Alan Sears. Recorded in Toronto, 28 September 2011. Watch video »
Stop Ford’s Cuts
Toronto — 10 September 2011. The idea is simple: Torontonians meet in the park and lay out a People’s Declaration – a clear set of demands to deliver to City … Watch video »