[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: Poverty Reduction Update: Actions you can take

[Terrie]

**
*Ontario** Campaign 2000 Partners & Friends- *

Please see update flyer attached and pasted below.

Please distribute in your networks-













 END CHILD & FAMILY  POVERTY IN CANADA                        April 2009

**

POVERTY REDUCTION IN ONTARIO:

 What actions can you take?





*Where we are now:*

   - Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy announced Dec ’08 with target to cut
   child poverty rate by 25% by 2013.
   - The plan identifies the Low Income Measure and other indicators that
   will be used to track progress.

**

   - *Strategy includes*: increase to Ontario Child Benefit; a review of
   social assistance in 2009; public consultation in spring/summer 2009 to
   develop an affordable housing strategy; new Temp Agency legislation (Bill
   139); and a new Community Opportunities Fund.
   - New poverty reduction legislation (Bill 152) introduced spring ’09 to
   ensure annual reporting on progress and public consultation.

**

   - *Budget 2009 included*: funding for Ontario Child Benefit increase &
   social housing construction/retrofit. *But *no new funding for child
   care, no $100/month food allowance for social assistance recipients and only
   2% increase to rates.

**

*What can YOU do to keep up the pressure?*

**

Ø*Child Care*

       -No new provincial funding for child care is devastating for child
care programs.

         -Federal funding expires in 2010. Without new provincial funds
Ontario may lose 22,000   child care subsidies, starting this September.

         -Cutting subsidies will hurt low income families, making it harder
to work or get training.

         -Send a message to your MPP via www.waitingforchildcare.ca

         -Or email the Premier directly  dmcguinty.mpp.co at liberal.ola.org



Ø      *Affordable Housing*

       -Get ready for a local housing consultation to be held by your MPP
late spring.

         -Check www.safeandaffordable.com for updates.



Ø     *Social Assistance*

*       -*See www.incomesecurity.org for updates on social assistance
review.

*       -*Check www.povertywatchontario.ca for details of “Put Food in the
Budget” campaign & to sign online petition.

*       *

Ø      *EI:  *Sign petition & get rally info at www.goodjobscoalition.ca



Ø      *Join the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction* and get weekly
updates             at www.25in5.ca







*Jacquie Maund*

*Coordinator, Ontario Campaign 2000*

*Coordinator, Social Reform, Family Service Toronto*

*Tel 416-595-9230 x241*

*Fax 416-595-0242*

*355 Church St**, Toronto M5B 1Z8*

*jacquiema at familyservicetoronto.org*

*www.campaign2000.ca** *

*www.familyservicetoronto.org*

**

*Disclaimer*

The information contained in this e-mail communication (and any attachments)
is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email
communication (and any attachments) please delete the e-mail immediately and
notify me at the telephone number shown above or by return e-mail. Please
note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of
the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Family Service
Toronto. Neither the sender nor Family Service Toronto accepts liability for
any errors or omissions in the content of this message that arise as a
result of e-mail transmission. This message and any attachments have been
scanned for viruses, however Family Service Toronto does not accept
liability for any virus that may have been transmitted.





--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"ODSPAction-Announce" group.
To post to this group, send email to odspaction-announce at googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
odspaction-announce+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com<odspaction-announce%2Bunsubscribe at googlegroups.com>
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.ca/group/odspaction-announce?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---




-- 
Terrie ( mocharebyl at gmail.com )
“If you see an injustice being committed, you aren't an observer, you are a
participant.” June Callwood
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and
renders the present inaccessible.  Maya Angelou
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.web.net/lists/private/homeles_ot-l/attachments/20090409/8fa7f529/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 2268 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://list.web.net/lists/private/homeles_ot-l/attachments/20090409/8fa7f529/attachment-0001.jpeg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: C2000 handout - April '09.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 152576 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://list.web.net/lists/private/homeles_ot-l/attachments/20090409/8fa7f529/attachment-0001.doc>