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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Hi all – thank goodness, some rain----accept of course if you’re homeless! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>I’m back in the new ATEH office, setting it up and unpacking. I’ll send along some FYI’s like this one as I work through my email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Lynne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Lynne Browne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca">lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>171 George Street, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>613-241-1573, ext. 314<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a></span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?%23!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall%26ref=ts" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Facebook</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'> & </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Twitter@endhomelessOTT</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rob Rainer [mailto:rob@cwp-csp.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> August-16-12 3:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rob Rainer<br><b>Subject:</b> Parliamentarians: one prescription for health of Canadians - prevent poverty<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><img border=0 width=304 height=70 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD7BC3.52311540" alt="CWP horizontal colour WEB.bmp"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To Canada’s federal parliamentarians (blind copied, as to our national network), we share the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) findings released this week pointing once more to the powerful link between income and health: see their <a href="http://www.cma.ca/index.php?ci_id=204846&la_id=1">news release</a> (in <a href="http://www.cma.ca/index.php?ci_id=204846&la_id=2">French</a>) and their <a href="http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/Inside_cma/Media_Release/2012/reportcard/CMA-2012National-Report-Card_en.pdf">full findings</a> (in <a href="http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/Inside_cma/Media_Release/2012/reportcard/CMA-2012National-Report-Card_fr.pdf">French</a>). See also today’s Globe and Mail’s <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/ottawa-needs-to-help-mind-the-health-gap/article4483233/">editorial</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As described in <i><a href="http://www.thecanadianfacts.org/">Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts</a></i>, “<b>income is perhaps the most important social determinant of health</b>.” As has been well documented, such as by the <a href="https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/Reducing_Gaps_in_Health_Report_EN_081009.pdf">Canadian Institute for Health Information</a>, there is <b>strong correlation between income status and rates of hospitalization</b>: for example, people in low income are more than twice as likely as the well off to be hospitalized for mental health problems, diabetes and substance-related disorders. But step further, to income and mortality, and who cannot be shocked to know that <b>in Hamilton, a 21-year difference in life expectancy was <a href="http://www.thespec.com/topic/codered">found</a> for residents of poor and wealthy neighbourhoods</b>?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Despite massive evidence of the income-health connection, not nearly enough is being done to address this relationship.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Rather, the overwhelming emphasis concerning health continues to be on health care per se. As the Health Council of Canada has <a href="http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/rpt_det.php?id=162">stated</a>, “ongoing spending on acute care and programs that encourage a healthy lifestyle are not enough to improve the overall health of Canadians, particularly those who live in or close to poverty.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The CMA and the Canadian Nurses’ Association have articulated “<a href="http://www.cma.ca/advocacy/hctprinciples">principles to guide health care transformation in Canada</a>”.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> These have been endorsed by dozens of other health-concerned associations. As one principle states: “<b>Coordinated investments in health promotion and disease prevention, including attention to the role of the social determinants of health, are critical to the future health and wellness of Canadians and to the viability of the health care system.</b>” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can Canada afford to make such investments?</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Of course, and for perspective see this provocative <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/08/13/F35-Worth/index.html">analysis</a> of what could be done if the purchase of one or more F-35 fighter jets was foregone. And beyond the dollars and sense and to the values that bind Canadians, see CMA Past President Dr. Jeff Turnbull’s recent, relevant <a href="http://www.canada.com/opinion/op-ed/Canada+defends+most+vulnerable/6901637/story.html">article</a> as well as Dr. Ryan Meili’s excellent new book, <i><a href="http://www.ryanmeili.ca/">A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Rob Rainer</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director / Directeur executif<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>CANADA WITHOUT POVERTY / CANADA SANS PAUVRETÉ<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Working in alliance with the CWP Advocacy Network / </span>Travaillant en alliance avec le Réseau de revendication CSP</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Honorary Directors / </b><b><span lang=FR-CA>Directeurs honoraires <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Right (Très) Hon. Joe Clark<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hon. Louise Arbour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hon. Monique Bégin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hon. Ed Broadbent<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ovide Mercredi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Ottawa office / </b><b><span lang=FR-CA>Bureau d’Ottawa</span>:</b> @UnderOneRoof, 251 Bank Street, 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 1X3; (613) 789-0096 (1-800-810-1076)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Vancouver office / </b><b><span lang=FR-CA>Bureau de Vancouver</span>:</b> (604) 628-0525<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="http://www.cwp-csp.ca/">Web Site</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canada-Without-Poverty/106633876058589">Facebook</a>; <a href="http://twitter.com/CWP_CSP">Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.dignityforall.ca/">Dignity for All: The Campaign for a Poverty-free Canada</a> / <span lang=FR-CA><a href="http://www.dignityforall.ca/fr/partisans-de-la-campagne">Dignité pour tous: Campagne pour un Canada sans pauvreté</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Help support our work! / </b><b><span lang=FR-CA>Aidez-nous! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.canadahelps.org/Home.aspx">CanadaHelps</a> (donate on-line and receive an immediate tax receipt / <span lang=FR-CA>Faites un don en ligne et recevez immédiatement un reçu pour les impôts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>***Please note that a 3.9% administration fee is applied to any donation processed by CanadaHelps. For a donation of $99 or less, it is more efficient for us for the donation to be processed by CanadaHelps. For a donation of $100 or greater, we recommend making it by cheque to Canada Without Poverty. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Today, poverty prevails as the gravest human rights challenge in the world. Combating poverty, deprivation and exclusion is not a matter of charity, and it does not depend on how rich a country is. By tackling poverty as a matter of human rights obligation, the world will have a better chance of abolishing this scourge in our lifetime. Poverty eradication is an achievable goal.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Hon. Louise Arbour, Honorary Director and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2006<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Human rights only become meaningful when they gain political content...they are rights that require active participation from those who hold them.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lynn Hunt, human rights historian<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[This is a message to a Canada-wide group distribution list. If you do not wish to receive any such messages, please send a message to </span><a href="mailto:info@cwp-csp.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>info@cwp-csp.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line. </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Un court message est transmis aux personnes dont le nom figure sur une liste pancanadienne. 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