[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: Smart policy = Putting $ in the hands of those who need it

Thu Jan 22 07:21:38 EST 2009

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From: 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction <
25_in_5_Network_for_Poverty_Redu at mail.vresp.com>
Date: 2009/1/22
Subject: Smart policy = Putting $ in the hands of those who need it
To: mocharebyl at gmail.com

 *25 in 5 Federal Call to Action
**Smart policy = Putting $ in the hands of those who need it*

   1. Social investments make more sense than broad-based tax cuts, growing
   consensus <#11efe47053859e05_quote>
   2. TAKE ACTION: Tell Jim Flaherty you support social investments in the
   Jan 27 budget <#11efe47053859e05_support>
   3. Next week's federal budget can reduce poverty and provide stimulus,
   says Hamilton Spec Op-ed <#11efe47053859e05_spectator>
   4. Pre-budget workshops on poverty hit Ontario, by Citizens for Public
   Justice <#11efe47053859e05_cpjworkshops>
   5. Recession Relief Coalition rally in Toronto on Jan
22<#11efe47053859e05_recessionrelief>
   6. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired - Research and Action
Forum<#11efe47053859e05_sickandtired>

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*Quote of the week*

  "Putting money in the hands of low- and moderate-income Canadians as a way
to stimulate spending is an idea with remarkably wide consensus. The big
banks in Toronto believe in it. Economists in Western Canada believe in it.
The poor apparently don't object, either. In the current situation, it makes
more sense than broad-based middle-class tax cuts … In these times, putting
money in the hands of those who need it is good policy. The test of
leadership is to make good policy succeed politically."

Who said it? Who said it? Globe and Mail lead editorial, Tuesday Jan 20. Read
more.<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/0252e94200>

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*Show Your Support for Social Investments in the January 27th Budget*
As we near the January 27th federal budget, the Conservative government is
weighing its options for kickstarting a slumping economy.

Evidence is mounting that investments in infrastructure, such as affordable
housing and early learning and child care, along with strengthening the
incomes of vulnerable families and adults, will reduce poverty. At the same
time these investments will create jobs and stimulate demand in local
economies across Canada.

A growing consensus has also emerged that general income tax and GST cuts
have been shown to be ineffective and a weak substitute for social
investments when it comes to economic stimulus.

CLICK HERE<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/72dd56e96b>to
send a message to federal finance Minister Jim Flaherty urging him to
make social investments and poverty reduction top priorities in the January
27 federal budget.

Related Links:

Leadership for tough
times<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/3664453a22/pa=BB736455>
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a proposed stimulus
package that is good for Canadians and it's smart economics – the spending
initiatives outlined in the Alternative Budget Plan provide far more job
creating stimulus than across-the-board tax cuts.   More…

Child care - Canada can't work without
it<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/b31ea76403>
The economic downturn makes investments in children and families more
important than ever, says Martha Friendly and Laurel Rothman in Toronto Star
op-ed

Protesters urge end to child poverty Toronto Star, Jan
18<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/404b8f7884>
Whitby residents organized the rally to tell Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
that Canadians want to see a poverty-reduction plan in his Jan. 27 budget.
Flaherty, the MP for Whitby-Oshawa, was invited but never responded, she
said.

No Tax Cut for Me,
Please<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/e1ef984d36>
Finance Minister Flaherty has hinted that tax cuts will be part of the
fiscal stimulus in his next budget. It raises the question, "What will you
do if you get a tax cut?" Op-Ed by Greg deGroot-Maggetti

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*CPJ Pre-Budget Workshops on Poverty*

  The 2009 Federal Budget is being released on January 27 - but a strategy
to address poverty in Canada is not likely to be a major element. What can
we, as citizens, do?

CPJ is hosting pre-budget workshops that examine poverty from the
perspective of human dignity, explore a federal poverty reduction strategy,
and offer empowering ways that you can engage with your government and
involve your faith community as we work to build a poverty-free Canada.

   - Kitchener-Waterloo on Thursday, January 22, from 7:00 to 9:30pm, at St.
   Mark's Lutheran Church, 825 King Street, West.
   - Toronto on Friday, January 23 from 1:30 to 3:30pm at Church of the Holy
   Trinity, 10 Trinity Square.
   - Whitby on Saturday, January 24 from 10am to 12:30pm, at Hebron
   Christian Reformed Church, 4240 Anderson Street. This event is being
   co-hosted by the Deacons of Hebron Church.

 For more information contact Mariel Angus at 1-800-667-8046, ext. 229 or
mariel at cpj.ca.

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*Recession Relief Coalition rally in Toronto on Jan 22*

 Thursday, January 22, 2009
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Church of the Holy Trinity (next to the Eaton Centre)
*a hot meal will be provided.

The Recession Relief Fund Coalition invites you to a public forum about the
growing needs for housing and homelessness programs, income supports,
employment supports, settlement services and other supports in the midst of
a growing recession.

The Recession Relief Fund Declaration demands that the Federal budget
include both Recession Relief funding for social services and an investment
in affordable housing.

For further information about this event, contact Holly Kramer at (647)
222-4420

Related links:

The Recession Relief Fund Coalition is pressing the federal government to
support essential services to our most vulnerable people. The Coalition has
launched a Declaration that also calls for a National Housing Program. Click
here to learn more about this initiative or to sign the Recession Relief
Fund Declaration<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/886a97b795>.

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*Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired - Taking Action on Poverty, Poor
Health and Bad Jobs *

  The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto, Wellesley Institute and
University of Toronto's Social Assistance in the New Economy Project invite
you to take part in this one-day research and action forum.

Monday, February 9 from 9:00-3:30
Metro Central YMCA
20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto

Join us for:

   - Keynote address by Dr. David Mckeown, Toronto's Medical Officer of
   Health
   - Release of research findings from our new report "Sick and Tired: The
   Compromised Health of Social Assistance Recipients and the Working Poor in
   Ontario"
   - Discussion of research findings from our recent release "Poverty is
   Making Us Sick: A Comprehensive Survey of Income and Health in Canada"
   - A choice of three afternoon action workshops on poverty reduction
   campaigns, labour market and income security initiatives, and health equity
   advocacy. Workshop speakers include Dr. Gary Bloch (Medical Reform Group),
   Anne Egger (Health Providers Against Poverty), Jacquie Maund (Campaign
   2000), Pat Capponi (25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction), Nancy Vander
   Plaats and Mike Yale (ODSP Action Coalition), Neethan Shan (Colour of
   Poverty Campaign) and many more.

 Registration is required as space is limited. Lunch is provided. This event
is free of charge.

For more information and to register, click here.
<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunitySocialPlann/cc03f41912/eb46af6dad/0c38c2bae3>

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*About the Countdown to a Poverty Reduction Plan eBulletins*
The 25 in 5 Network is steered by a coalition of Ontario organizations
including Campaign 2000, the Income Security Advocacy Centre, the Social
Planning Network of Ontario the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform
Coalition, The Colour of Poverty Project, the Ontario Coalition for Social
Justice, Voices From the Street, among others.

This is a bulletin from 25 in 5 to its contact list of supporters and
interested parties across the province. The Bulletin is intended to keep you
up to date on the implementation of a poverty reduction plan for Ontario and
to let you know how you, your organizations and networks can help make it
happen.

 For more information visit
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