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Dec 10: ARCH Disability Law Clinic hosting a webinar on legal services for people with disabilities
Dec 11: Webinar: Advocating for Refugee and Other Precarious Status Clients on Social Assistance Matters

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Inequality is the defining issue of our time
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Today marks the 5th anniversary of Ontario’s first five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy.
The 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction says poverty reduction is key to a prosperous economy; bold action needed in the next strategy
Anglican Dioceses share five steps to action on poverty reduction
Community Development Halton calls for strong action
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Fallout from the elimination of CSUMB
27 community organizations have sent a letter urging government to make $42 million in “transitional funding” for housing and homelessness supports permanent
Many have posted the information on their own websites
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Niagara Region gets creative to spend housing and homelessness money (CHPI)
Cornwall’s homelessness prevention funding (CHPI) isn’t enough, since eligibility criteria are too strict
Ontario contemplating closing tax loopholes to raise revenue
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Remember veterans – but support them too
Ontario government’s fall economic statement
Meanwhile, cuts to CSUMB and child care mean funding cuts in Nipissing
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Toronto Star editorial – Ontario cannot forget the poor and hungry as the Minister of Finance releases his fall economic statement
More evidence of the need for public investment in low income adult dental programs
The Ontario Medical Review highlights poverty as a medical problem – and what health care practitioners can do about it
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Armine Yalnizyan: Five years of economic recovery have been far from equal
Chatham-Kent board of health says province must maintain its commitment to poverty reduction as a public health measure
Lots of media coverage for Sept 14 Day of Action to increase the minimum wage to $14 / hour – this Workers Action Centre email has news & links
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Good social policy can make a big difference
More information on household income
A snapshot of Canadians
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Changes to OW and ODSP are rolling out this month – and some are a surprise
New research demonstrates what people on social assistance have been saying for years – living in poverty drains your mental energy and your ability to do much more than just survive
Minister McMeekin is committed to reform
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Poverty reduction consultations started August 6 in Windsor
Coverage of London’s poverty reduction consultation, held last Friday
Having the adult conversations about the $12 to $14 billion lost in tax cuts in Ontario – and what that money could do
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Ontario appoints new Minimum Wage Advisory Panel
Coverage and Critique
Adam Vasey, of Pathway to Potential in Windsor, appointed as a member of the panel
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Here are a few stories from the last week or so – note that ISAC’s Media and Policy News will be on hiatus for the next two weeks.
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The number of PEI residents disqualified from EI has risen 18%
The richest get richer, by $250 million each day
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