[homeles_ot-l] Fwd.Ontario Election - Parties' positions on health, mental health, poverty and disability issues

[Linda O'Neil]

FYI - Plain language resources re the election. For further information, please contact Lisa Jamieson directly at lisaj at cmhaottawa.ca<mailto:lisaj at cmhaottawa.ca>


Linda O'Neil

Public Education Consultant

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch

301-1355 Bank St., Ottawa ON, K1H 8K7

loneil at cmhaottawa.ca<mailto:loneil at cmhaottawa.ca>

Tel: (613) 37-7791 Ext 135

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It is one week until the Ontario Election.  Here is some information about the parties' positions on health, mental health, poverty and disability issues that might help you in your voting. If your clients are interested in this type of information, please pass it along.   - Lisa Jamieson, Community Mental Health Consultant, CMHA  lisaj at cmhaottawa.ca<mailto:lisaj at cmhaottawa.ca>
Vote for Mental Health and Addictions Campaign, is something CMHA Ontario is helping to organize.  You can sign up to support the campaign.  They are supposed to be posting information about the party positions about mental health and addictions, but it isn't up yet.

http://www.vote4mha.ca/

ODSP Action Coalition's summary of party responses is attached as a document

This is the Sept ARCH newsletter where there is a summary about the parties' perspectives on disability issues :

http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca/sites/all/files/ARCH%20Alert%20-%20Sept%2026%2011%20-%20Word%20.doc

This is Campaign 2000's summary about party positions on poverty (mostly child poverty) issues

http://www.campaign2000.ca/election2011/OntC2000PartyGrid2011.pdf

Ontario Health Coalition:

http://www.web.net/ohc/healthvotersguide1.pdf

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