[homeles_ot-l] ACORN Responds to McGuinty's Anti-Poverty Initiatives (Trickle Down Economics).

[lj1967 at sympatico.ca]

ACORN Responds to McGuinty's Anti-Poverty Initiatives (Trickle Down Economics).  We offer this response to the announcement made today by Premier Dalton McGuinty; 

While we are encouraged by the announcement of new resources for social housing, dental care and student nutrition, it falls far short of the comprehensive poverty reduction strategy the Premier has promised, and that Ontarians deserve. 

What was layed out by Premier McGuinty today are incremental pieces of a larger puzzle of how to reduce poverty in Ontario.  As a membership owned organization, with a large constituency of low and moderate income families, including many members living in social housing, our members call on the provincial government to systemically address the growing rates of poverty in our province by implementing the following platform; 

·         Regulation of the payday lending industry with a 60% interest rate cap, licensing of lenders and a ban on roll over loans.
·         Full rent controls to bring private rental housing costs back under control.
·         Upload Social Housing costs.
·         Universal childcare based on Quebec's $7/ Day program.
·         Licensing of temp agencies to guarantee the protection of workers basic labour rights.
·         Peg the minimum wage to inflation
·         Raise social assistance and ODSP rates by 40% and peg to inflation.

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