Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Laurie Monsebraaten Social Justice Reporter Toronto Star For Sharon Norman, Ontario’s budget plan to freeze welfare rates this year is proof the McGuinty government was never really committed to cutting poverty. “What was the point of all of those meetings and consultations on a poverty reduction strategy anyway?” she said Tuesday, referring to the province’s 2008 [...]
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Tom Cooper How can we win the war on poverty by punishing the very people who suffer from it? If Tuesday’s provincial budget is any indication, the Ontario government is abandoning — even betraying — its commitment to an Ontario Poverty Strategy and its promise to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent by 2013. [...]
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Communities of Colour reject the tactics of certain politicians in their targeting of particular ethno-racial groups in pursuit of so-called “very ethnic votes” !? We’re more than just a vote. Take a stand. Have a say !! VOTE !! Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change LYRICS – They never ask you what you do [...]
