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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"'>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Locally, the Alliance can report that people in Ottawa are indeed contacting Council members to request that they not go forward with the cuts and reductions in essential services for those with the lowest incomes. <b>There is still time to add your own voice if you haven’t done so yet. </b>The Alliance is still hopeful that Council the 2.5 Million needed to maintain the 2012 services will be addressed in another fashion so that those who are the most vulnerable in our community are not asked to bear the brunt of reduced funding from the province. This afternoon take a couple moments to contact the Mayor and your own Councillor to say what you want to see happen. It is our firm belief that it is definitely possible to move forward on increasing affordable housing, assisting homeless people and maintaining services for people with low incomes all at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FYI, a few updates courtesy of the Housing Network of Ontario:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On a provincial level, the campaign to save the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit is ongoing. Demonstrations have taken place in Toronto, Sudbury, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton and elsewhere. Over a thousand people have sent emails through the ISAC/ACTO webpage: <a href="http://sareview.ca/isac-news/act-now-to-save-housing-supports-for-people-on-ow-and-odsp/">http://sareview.ca/isac-news/act-now-to-save-housing-supports-for-people-on-ow-and-odsp/</a> The Wellesley Institute, ISAC, ACTO, the AOHC, Street Health and Peterborough County-City Health Unit produced a report on the health impacts of the cuts to CSUMB: <a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/publication/the-real-cost-of-cutting-csumb/">http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/publication/the-real-cost-of-cutting-csumb/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Federal national housing strategy Bill C-400 has had one day of debate, but thanks to suggestions from anti-poverty and human rights advocates, the NDP has moved the final vote from this week to later in February, to give all of us time for more lobbying of MPs to support it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACTO and the Right to Housing Coalition are expecting to launch a postcard/email campaign calling for a national housing strategy on Dec 10<sup>th</sup> – International Human Rights Day. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Please update your files to show:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>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";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>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";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca"><span style='color:blue'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><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;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a 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