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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1070 style='width:802.2pt;margin-left:-22.95pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=748 valign=top style='width:561.2pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IT’S TIME</span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>to Create a City for All<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Ottawa City Budget 2015</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IT’S TIME<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>to let Your Councillor know your views</span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=321 valign=top style='width:241.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img width=181 height=205 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D055DA.9E4778E0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D055DA.9E4778E0"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>La version française suit<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>On March 11<sup>th</sup>, City Council will make decisions on our City Budget that will affect our every day lives in the city. What will this budget mean for people living on limited incomes? <b>See these concerns and sample questions you can ask your City Councillor by phone or e-mail.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Join us on March 11<sup>th</sup>, 10 AM to have a visible presence in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 110 Laurier W. where we will say to Council, “IT’S TIME” to create a city for all keeping in mind those who are the most at risk of not accessing services.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>We will offer you a “</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IT’S TIME</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>” symbol to wear so they know we are together. Tell your friends, come show your concerns</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#7030A0'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Rising Transit Fares</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#002060'>The rising cost of transit fares makes it increasingly difficult for people on low-income to access services, jobs and afford basic needs. City Council is proposing an increase of 2.5% (new fare: </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>$3.45 for cash fare, $3.20 regular ticket). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>It’s time to freeze fares, or expand the community pass to people on low-income. It’s time to revisit the policy of 45/55 - that of every dollar spent on bus operations, 45 cents is paid with taxes, and 55 cents is paid through fares.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Sample Question</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> What will you do to make sure that transit is affordable for people on low-income? It’s time to revisit the policy 45/55 as it is making transit unaffordable for many transit users? (Give your own example)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Cuts to Services to the Homeless</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>On March 31<sup>st</sup>, four centres serving the homeless will be unable to provide current services they deliver to the most vulnerable in our city (Odawa, Centre 507, The Well, Cornerstone). Loss of these services is leaving some of the most vulnerable in our community without the support they need. These cuts have taken place because of a shift in funding from the federal government to a focus on housing, “Housing First”. The City needs to allow for an overlap period so that the most vulnerable clients of the services being phased out can be supported in the transition to “Housing First” services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Sample Question:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>I understand four centres are to lose funding for their current services to the homeless due to a shift in federal funding priorities, which puts at risk the most vulnerable in our city. Can you find dollars in this year’s budget to enable these four centres to operate during this transition period? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#7030A0'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Play Structures in Parks at Risk<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>The proposed budget does not provide enough funding to maintain park play structures and keep them safe. For many families on low-income and recent immigrants, these parks are their backyard. If there are not enough funds in the budget, perhaps this is a reason to raise taxes by more than the proposed 2.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Sample Question: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Will you consider raising the property taxes in order to have enough funds to keep our parks safe and friendly for the children and their families in our communities?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>It’s Time to Create a City for All<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1112 style='width:833.7pt;margin-left:30.6pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:4.0pt'><td width=319 valign=top style='width:239.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img width=288 height=143 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D055DA.9E4778E0" alt="cid:image009.jpg@01D055DA.9E4778E0"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=792 valign=top style='width:594.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Making Votes Count Where We Live</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.coalitionottawa.ca"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060'>www.coalitionottawa.ca</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.cawi-ivtf.org/"><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>www.cawi-ivtf.org</span></b></a></span><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=1115 style='width:836.3pt;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt'><tr style='height:134.2pt'><td width=850 valign=top style='width:637.85pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:134.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IL EST TEMPS</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>de créer une ville pour tous<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Budget 2015 de la Ville d’Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IL EST TEMPS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>de faire connaître votre point de vue à votre conseillère municipale<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center 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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=176 height=199 src="cid:image001.jpg@01D05733.DF701E80" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Le 11 mars, le conseil municipal prendra des décisions concernant notre budget municipal qui auront des répercussions sur la vie quotidienne dans la ville. Comment se traduira ce budget pour les personnes ayant un revenu limité? <b>Vous pouvez prendre connaissance ci-dessous de préoccupations existant en la matière et d’exemples de questions que vous pourrez poser à votre conseillère municipale ou à votre </b></span><a href="http://ottawa.ca/fr/conseil-municipal"><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>conseiller municipal</span></b></a><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> par téléphone ou par courriel.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Joignez-vous à nous le 11 mars pour que notre présence soit visible dans la salle du conseil, Hôtel de ville, </span><span class=hps><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>110</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Laurier Ouest, </span></span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> où nous nous adresserons aux conseillères et aux conseillers pour leur dire : « </span><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IL EST TEMPS </span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>»; temps de créer une ville pour tous en ayant à l’esprit ceux qui courent le risque le plus important de ne plus pouvoir accéder aux services offerts. Nous vous remettrons un insigne « Il est temps » que vous pourrez porter afin que tous sachent que nous sommes rassemblés. Informez vos amies et vos amis et venez faire part de vos préoccupations</span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:Symbol;color:#7030A0'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#7030A0'>Augmentation des tarifs des transports en commun<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#002060'>L’augmentation des tarifs des transports en commun rend de plus en plus difficile l’accès aux services et aux emplois pour ceux qui ont de faibles revenus et les empêche de satisfaire leurs besoins élémentaires. Le conseil municipal propose une augmentation de 2,5 %, ce qui amènerait le tarif au comptant à 3,45 $ et le prix du billet à 3,20 $.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Il est temps de geler ces tarifs ou d’étendre le laissez-passer communautaire aux personnes à faibles revenus. Il est temps de revoir la politique du 45/55, une politique qui veut que pour chaque dollar dépensé pour l’exploitation des autobus, 45 cents soient financés par la fiscalité et 55 par le prix des billets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Exemple de question</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> : </span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Que ferez-vous pour vous assurer que les transports en commun sont financièrement accessibles pour les personnes à faibles revenus? Il est temps de revoir la politique du 45/55 qui a pour conséquence de rendre financièrement inaccessibles les transports en commun pour de nombreux usagers. (Donnez votre propre exemple.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#7030A0'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Compressions de dépenses pour les services aux sans-abri<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Le 31 mars, quatre centres offrant des services aux sans-abri (Odawa, Centre 507, La Source, Le Pilier) seront dans l’impossibilité de continuer à fournir les services actuels aux personnes les plus vulnérables de notre ville. La suppression de ces services prive un certain nombre des citoyens les plus vulnérables de notre collectivité du soutien dont ils ont besoin. Ces compressions sont dues à une évolution du modèle de financement fédéral vers une nouvelle approche en matière de logement intitulée « Logement d’abord ». La Ville a besoin d’une période de recouvrement afin que les clients les plus vulnérables des services en cours d’élimination puissent être soutenus durant la transition vers les services « Logement d’abord ».<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Exemple de question :</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Je crois savoir que quatre centres perdront le financement relatif aux services qu’ils offrent actuellement aux sans-abri en raison d’une évolution des priorités fédérales de financement, ce qui mettra en danger les personnes les plus vulnérables de notre ville. Pouvez-vous trouver l’argent nécessaire dans le budget de cette année pour permettre à ces quatre centres de fonctionner durant cette période de transition? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#7030A0'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Les éléments de jeux dans les parcs remis en question<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Le budget proposé ne prévoit pas un financement suffisant pour maintenir les éléments de jeux installés dans les parcs et pour garantir leur sécurité. Ces parcs servent de jardin familial pour de nombreuses familles à faibles revenus et pour les immigrants récents. S’il n’y a pas suffisamment de fonds disponibles dans le budget, il y a peut-être là une raison pour une augmentation des impôts supérieure aux 2,5 % proposés.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Exemple de question :</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Envisageriez-vous une augmentation des impôts fonciers afin de disposer d’un financement suffisant pour maintenir nos parcs accueillants et sûrs pour les familles et les enfants de nos collectivités?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>IL EST TEMPS de créer une ville pour tous<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1174 style='width:880.2pt;margin-left:-8.8pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:104.05pt'><td width=418 valign=top style='width:313.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:104.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img border=0 width=385 height=154 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D055DA.9E4778E0" alt="cid:image011.jpg@01D055DA.9E4778E0"></span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=756 valign=top style='width:20.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:104.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Faire compter les votes dans nos milieux de vie</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Coalition des centres de santé et de ressources communautaires, </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.coalitionottawa.ca"><b><span lang=FR style='color:#002060'>www.coalitionottawa.ca</span></b></a></span><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Initiative : une ville pour toutes les femmes, </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.cawi-ivtf.org/"><b><span lang=IT style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>www.cawi-ivtf.org</span></b></a></span><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=IT style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>