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Raise The Rates
Raise The Rates: The Campaign So Far
Submitted by ocap on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 16:34.Every month in Ontario, hundreds of thousands of people receive welfare and ODSP cheques that are far too small for them to pay the rent and eat properly.
Starving Healthcare: A Forum on Health, Poverty, and Privatization
Submitted by ocap on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 04:41.
Saturday, June 19th
9:00-3:00
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
Hamilton Rally Against Cuts To Social Assistance
Submitted by ocap on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 18:45.Thanks to Maggie Hughes from the Hamilton 'Campaign for Adequate OW & ODSP rates' for recording audio at this rally, which you can listen to here
Tell your local Liberal MPP- Don't cut the Special Diet - RAISE THE RATES INSTEAD
Submitted by ocap on Sat, 05/08/2010 - 12:32.DAY OF ACTION AT LOCAL MEMBERS OF PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT
OFFICES ON THURSDAY MAY 20th
The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is challenging the decision to eliminate the Special Diet for people on welfare and disability. We are demanding this vital benefit be left alone and that the Government Raise the Rates now!
Coming out of the momentum of April 15th, we are organizing a series of
actions to build up resistance to the attack on the Special Diet. To
ensure that the fight is taken into as many communities as possible, we
are calling for a day of action at local Liberal MPPs' offices on
Thursday, May 20.
April 15th Reportback: Ontario Government is Anti-Poor, OCAP is At Their Door!
Submitted by ocap on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 02:20.
Next steps:
Raise the Rates Organizing Meeting
Sunday, May 2nd
2pm
Location: Centre for Social Justice 489 College Street, Suite 303 (College and Bathurst)
On April 15th, over 700 people marched on the Provincial Liberal Government, rallying first in Allen Gardens Park and then converging at the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Arriving at the Ministry, the crowd took over the main entrance and the building was effectively on lock-down. The demonstration was loud, energetic and angry with a wide range of communities under attack and an array of allies from across Toronto calling for the restoration of the Special Diet, a 40% increase in welfare and disability rates, and to defend against the broader attacks on Public Services.
Poverty and the Provincial Budget: Health, Jobs and Resistance
Submitted by ocap on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 23:28.Tuesday, April 6
7pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor St. West, Room 5260
Featuring:
- John Clarke, Organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.
- Michael Hurley, President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions
and Vice-President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Ontario. - Dr. Roland Wong, Occupational and Community Medicine Physician.
