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On June 26th, the G20 meetings will bring together the leaders of the world's richest 20 states in Toronto, following right on meetings of the G8 in Huntsville, in Northern Ontario. The G20 wants to talk about stabilizing the global economy and Harper wants to celebrate Canada as an economic success story. However, poor communities show the reality of what that 'success' has meant: during the economic crisis, the government has detained and deported more migrants, and their policies have meant more evictions, more unemployment, and more poverty. While the rich may celebrate their success in managing the crisis, this 'success' has been paid for by poor people in Canada.

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The report found:

1) Gaetan Heroux’s work for the PAID program over 10 years was exemplary and reflective of best practices in provision of services to homeless and under housed people.

2) The evidence we heard strongly suggests that moving Heroux out of the Street Health Offices was done in response to his support for the Street Health CUPE unionization drive and not for the reasons given by Neighbourhood Link.

3) Moving administrative and follow-up work to the Neighbourhood Link office in Scarborough has and is very likely to continue to negatively affect the clients of the PAID program in the Dundas-Sherbourne neighbourhood.

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