Poverty in the Media
Do The Math Challenge
Posted on April 13 2010 under Poverty in the Media
How does the Do The Math Challenge work?
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Guaranteed annual income worth pondering
Posted on April 06 2010 under Poverty in the Media
No one deserves to live in poverty.
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Minimum wage stalled?
Posted on April 01 2010 under Poverty in the Media
Yet even at $10.25, a minimum wage job still won't lift a full-time worker above the poverty line.
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Give First Nations property rights, book urges
Posted on March 25 2010 under Poverty in the Media
Private ownership of land called vital in helping to lift Canada's aboriginal peoples out of poverty
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Head trauma help for homeless
Posted on March 25 2010 under Poverty in the Media
Hamilton project seen as model
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Sacrificing financial future to receive welfare
Posted on March 22 2010 under Poverty in the Media
POVERTY: Provincial group calls for higher social assistance benefits
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Rising energy costs putting families at risk for homelessness
Posted on March 22 2010 under Poverty in the Media
With social assistance not usually enough to cover rental amounts if people are with a private landlord, McCormick said that means people can be left with a hard choice: pay their rent or have money to feed their kids.
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Stimulus funds found for aboriginal communities
Posted on March 08 2010 under Poverty in the Media
$170-million to address suicide and infant mortality rates
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An investment that would pay off
Posted on March 08 2010 under Poverty in the Media
There needs to be a shift in governmental thinking when it comes to social assistance.
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Trying to eat on $7.50 a day
Posted on March 08 2010 under Poverty in the Media
That's all OSAP allots for student food
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Welfare reviewed by those who know
Posted on February 01 2010 under Poverty in the Media
Social assistance must be fixed so it won't be so crushing for the next person who needs help
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City brushes off responsibility for dental program
Posted on February 01 2010 under Poverty in the Media
Hamilton will refuse to keep funding a new dental program for low income youth if the provincial government ends the funding in a few years, politicians agreed.
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Ontario Government Continues to Clawback Social Assistance
Posted on January 26 2010 under Poverty in the Media
Ontario Government Continues to Clawback Social Assistance
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Put Food in The Budget Petition
Posted on November 04 2009 under Poverty in the Media
I support the campaign calling on the government to create a hundred dollar monthly Healthy Food Supplement for all adults on social assistance as a first step toward providing adequate incomes.
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Local Reports on Do the Math
Posted on October 13 2009 under Poverty in the Media
Several members of the 25 in 5 Hamilton Poverty Reduction group report that they met on July 17 with Ted McMeekin (Liberal MPP for Anaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale and Minister of Government Services) and with Paul Miller (NDP MPP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek) on August 20.
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New Campaign Lets You Do the Math On Income Security
Posted on September 14 2009 under Poverty in the Media
This fall, our federal politicians may lead us into an election fought on the issue of Employment Insurance benefits. But when it comes to the other income security programs most important to Ontarians, we are still looking for someone to lead us into battle.
Despite the provincial government’s promise to reduce poverty in Ontario, there is a deafening silence from our leaders when it comes to addressing the chronic inadequacy of Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support programs -- the income security programs of last resort for vulnerable Ontarians.
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POVERTY IN THE MEDIA
New Campaign Lets You Do the Math On Income Security
This fall, our federal politicians may lead us into an election fought on the issue of Employment Insurance benefits. But when it comes to the other income security programs most important to Ontarians, we are still looking for someone to lead us into battle. Despite the provincial government’s promise to reduce poverty in Ontario, there is a deafening silence from our leaders when it comes to addressing the chronic inadequacy of Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support programs -- the income security programs of last resort for vulnerable Ontarians.
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Do The Math Challenge
How does the Do The Math Challenge work?
Read more » Guaranteed annual income worth pondering
No one deserves to live in poverty.
Read more » Minimum wage stalled?
Yet even at $10.25, a minimum wage job still won't lift a full-time worker above the poverty line.
Read more » Give First Nations property rights, book urges
Private ownership of land called vital in helping to lift Canada's aboriginal peoples out of poverty
Read more » Head trauma help for homeless
Hamilton project seen as model
Read more » Sacrificing financial future to receive welfare
POVERTY: Provincial group calls for higher social assistance benefits
Read more » Rising energy costs putting families at risk for homelessness
With social assistance not usually enough to cover rental amounts if people are with a private landlord, McCormick said that means people can be left...
Read more » Stimulus funds found for aboriginal communities
$170-million to address suicide and infant mortality rates
Read more » An investment that would pay off
There needs to be a shift in governmental thinking when it comes to social assistance.
Read more » Trying to eat on $7.50 a day
That's all OSAP allots for student food
Read more »
