Category: Poverty
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Raise Welfare and Disability Rates, Restore the Special Diet!
It has been 16 long years since Mike Harris cut welfare and froze disability. McGuinty’s Liberals have been in power for half that time and done nothing to deal with … Watch video »
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Austerity, Resistance and the Poor
On April 1, the Dalton McGuinty government, will introduce a new version of the Special Diet benefit for those on Social Assistance. This vital benefit, which provides up to $250 … Keep reading »
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OCAP Marks its First Twenty Years
Twenty years ago this month, the founding conference of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) took place. In the two decades that have followed, OCAP has organized and mobilized communities … Keep reading »
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Their Crisis, Our Misery: OCAP Versus the G20
On June 26th, the G20 meetings will bring together the leaders of the world’s richest 20 states in Toronto, following right on meetings of the G8 in Huntsville, in Northern … Keep reading »
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Who Pays for the Crisis?
The ‘Special Diet’ Cut – An Injury to One… The Liberal Government of Ontario’s decision in the spring Budget to eliminate the ‘Special Diet’ will remove the one means by which … Keep reading »
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OCAP March on McGuinty Government Over Cut to Special Diet
On April 15th, OCAP marched on the Provincial Government, joined by a wide range of communities under attack and an array of allies. We intend this day to be a … Watch video »