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Eleven People Arrested at OCAP Rally Released on Bail; Fight Against Cut to the Special Diet Continues...
Submitted by ocap on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 02:02.
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On Wednesday, July 21st, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
demonstrated against the devastating cut to the Special Diet benefit and to demand that the Liberal Government raise welfare rates by at least 55% - the minimum amount required to restore rates to where they were before the cut by Harris in 1995.
During the rally, over 300 people took to the streets, while a smaller group of people went in to the Liberal Party headquarters, to deliver an invoice to the Liberal Party “demanding full re-payment of benefits taken from people living on social assistance.The delegation of people who entered the vProvincial Liberals HQ went to deliver a message about the impact of the cuts on poor people. Rather than receive this message, the powers that be chose to enforce their austerity measures with police action. Shortly after the group entered, Toronto Police arrested all 11 people, OCAP members, allies, and labour activists. Two people were released, while the other 9 were held overnight at 52 division and appeared for bail hearings in College Park Court Thursday.
Resist The G20
Submitted by ocap on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 18:40.
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NO TO G8/G20! YES TO TAKING BACK OUR CITY
Friday, June 25th, 2010
2:30pm
Allan Gardens (Carleton St. and Sherbourne St)
RALLY. MARCH. BLOCK PARTY. TENT CITY.
From June 25th and 27th, 2010, the world’s twenty richest countries (the G8 and G20) will send their ruling elite, along with heads of the IMF and World Bank, to meet in Huntsville and then in Toronto, to talk exploitation, wealth, and greed.
These ‘leaders’ have shredded the public sector and social spending, criminalized the poor, immigrants and racialized communities, continued to plunder Indigenous lands and trash the environment, deported our families and friends, gutted the unions, and closed hospitals and schools while they grant tax cuts to the rich and corporations and boost police and military budgets.
April 15th Reportback: Ontario Government is Anti-Poor, OCAP is At Their Door!
Submitted by ocap on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 02:20.
Next steps:
Raise the Rates Organizing Meeting
Sunday, May 2nd
2pm
Location: Centre for Social Justice 489 College Street, Suite 303 (College and Bathurst)
On April 15th, over 700 people marched on the Provincial Liberal Government, rallying first in Allen Gardens Park and then converging at the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Arriving at the Ministry, the crowd took over the main entrance and the building was effectively on lock-down. The demonstration was loud, energetic and angry with a wide range of communities under attack and an array of allies from across Toronto calling for the restoration of the Special Diet, a 40% increase in welfare and disability rates, and to defend against the broader attacks on Public Services.
Stop the Special Diet Cut
Submitted by ocap on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 19:29.Public Testimony From April 9th, 2010
On March 25th the Ontario Provincial Government cut the vital 'Special Diet' program for people on Welfare and Disability. The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) held a public meeting on April 9th to talk about the impact that this cut will have on people's lives, and to organize towards a raise in Welfare and Disability rates in Ontario.
Poverty and the Provincial Budget: Health, Jobs and Resistance
Submitted by ocap on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 23:28.Tuesday, April 6
7pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor St. West, Room 5260
Featuring:
- John Clarke, Organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.
- Michael Hurley, President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions
and Vice-President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Ontario. - Dr. Roland Wong, Occupational and Community Medicine Physician.
