[homeles_ot-l] DEC 1 Rally - We're counting on you - City Hall at noon

[Lynne Browne]

Rally, Monday, Dec 1, noon at City Hall 

 

The Alliance to End Homelessness encourage you to be part of the public
rally organized by People for a Better Ottawa (PBO) on Monday, Dec 1, noon
at City Hall where community leaders will express their views on the
proposed cuts in the City’s 2009 Budget. 

 

The Alliance to End Homelessness will make a submission on Dec 3rd but the
rally on the 1st is will set the stage to fix the better budget.

 

Remember – investing in affordable housing is good for people and for the
economy! 

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7 
HYPERLINK "mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca"lbrowne at ysb.on.ca,  613-241-7913 ext 205

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca  

 

FYI: From PBO:

 

Bringing Back Balance: Three Simple Steps To Fixing A Broken Budget

 

Ottawa’s proposed budget is unbalanced – in every way. By making three
simple,

principled decisions, Council can pass a good budget instead of one that
does harm to our

city.

 

BRINGING BACK BALANCE FOR LESS THAN $10 A MONTH: THREE SIMPLE

STEPS TO FIXING A BROKEN BUDGET

Ottawa’s proposed budget is unbalanced – in every way. By making three
simple,

principled decisions, Council can pass a good budget instead of one that
does harm to our

city.

 

SHARE THE LOAD FAIRLY…DON’T TARGET PARENTS, TRANSIT USERS AND

THE ELDERLY

Instead of having all of us pay the cost of city government through our
taxes –

businesses, landlords, homeowners and the crown – this budget piles the
entire burden

almost exclusively onto families with kids, transit users, the elderly and
others on fixed

incomes. Reversing all cuts and eliminating all fee increases would cost
only $9.61 a

month, if we all pitched in.

 

FIGHT THE RECESSION … DON’T ATTACK YOUR RESIDENTS

At a time when our economy is hurting, many of the cuts in the budget will
simply

multiply the bad news. Many of the dollars city staff want to cut trigger
more investment

by private companies, other governments and individuals. The city budget
should be

encouraging others to invest in Ottawa at this troubled time, not chasing
investment

away.

 

MAKE PEOPLE MATTER AS MUCH AS ROADS AND SEWERS

Three-quarters of all the cuts in this unbalanced budget come from
one-quarter of city

operations. That’s just wrong. Services for people bear the brunt of
reductions and future

revenues are slated for infrastructure only. It’s wrong to cut back services
for you and me

in order to build sewers and roads. A balanced city needs to support both
its people and

its pipes; the proposed budget misses that mark.

 

Budget Message Brought To You By People For A Better Ottawa 1

To find out how you can help, please visit the PBO website at

HYPERLINK
"http://www.betterottawa.ca/english/about.html"http://www.betterottawa.ca/en
glish/about.html

 

 

1 Approved at PBO Steering Committee meeting held Friday November 21, 2008

 


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