[homeles_ot-l] Federal Candidates invited to lunch next Tuesday

[Lynne Browne]

Hello everyone,

 

The Alliance to End Homelessness is hosting a lunch for Federal Candidates on Tuesday April 26th and has invited the media to be there too. As you very likely know the lunch line-up will be extremely busy providing lunch for over 400 people so we're not able to have this as an event that's open to our great supporters. 

 

Federal investments - in ending homelessness and in creating affordable housing - play an essential role in our community. We will be asking candidates three questions and we will definitely let you know what they have to say.

 

Question 1:

We know that committing $2 Billion per year on new social housing units, protecting the 600,000 existing social housing units across Canada, and reinvesting money from expiring social housing operating agreements will have a significant impact on reducing homelessness in Canada. We know this to be true. If elected or re-elected, will you commit to making these three simple things happen?

Question 2: 

We know that the Federal Spending Estimates for 2011 have the government making a 39% cut in the national housing agency spending (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 3.1 billion in 2010 to $1.9 billion in 2011).  If elected or re-elected, will you commit to reversing this 39% cut?

Question 3: 

We know that the Federal Spending Estimates for 2011 also show an 11% cut in Canada's Homelessness Partnering Strategy ($124 million in 2010 cut to $110 million in 2011). If elected or re-elected, will you commit to reversing this 11% cut?

 

Have a good weekend,

 

Lynne

 

>From the Media Advisory


FEDERAL ELECTION 2011 


Ottawa Candidates have been invited to join the lunch line-up at an emergency shelter to enjoy good company and a meal with a side order of Housing and Homelessness.

 

 

Hosted by:   The Alliance to End Homelessness 

Time:            11:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2011 

Location:     The Shepherds of Good Hope, 233 Murray St., Ottawa 

 

 

the lunch is open to all ottawa candidates, but specific invitations are being extended to: 

 

 

John Baird, Ottawa West-Nepean      CONSERVATIVE PARTY 

Mauril Bélanger, Ottawa-Vanier          LIBERAL PARTY 

Paul Dewar, Ottawa Centre                  NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY 

Candidate (TBA)                                     GREEN PARTY 

Following lunch with people who live or eat at the shelter, candidates will meet with the Alliance to End Homelessness about the local story and their party's national response to the Alliance's recommendations on homelessness and housing. 

Before Election Day, a great many of voters across Ottawa, the people who generously donate time, money and food year-round to help homeless people in shelters and others who live in our community on very low incomes, want to hear what candidates will do to change the situation if elected.

 

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 

613-241-7913 ext. 205

lbrowne at ysb.on.ca <mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 

147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca <http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca> 

NOW ATEH is on FACEBOOK HERE <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts>  &

on TWITTER HERE @endhomelessOTT <https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT> 

 

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