Campaigns and Activities:
Mother’s Day Wish: Ontario Campaign 2000, Family Service Toronto and ISAC invite mothers across the province struggling on low incomes to send in a Mother’s Day wish – something the provincial government could do that would make your life and the lives of your children better.
Make your wish at: https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/WTLPIGOQLHO5
Freedom 90 campaign demands urgent action by the Government of Ontario to end poverty and make food banks and emergency meal programs unnecessary:
http://www.freedom90.ca/
* listen to their theme song here: http://www.freedom90.ca/50ways/50ways.html
* story in The Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1173977–senior-volunteers-at-york-region-food-banks-say-let-us-retire
It’s Hunger Awareness Week – see what the OAFB is doing:
http://hungerawarenessweek.ca/home
Women Speak Out graduation ceremony:
http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/3498870215/es2?srnk=1&ebtv=C
Walk Against Poverty – May 12 in York Region:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e5ivnhevde5343fd&llr=urmheadab
It’s Mental Health Week. See what the CMHA is up to:
http://www.mentalhealthweek.ca/
Mental Health Commission’s report recommends big investments:
http://www.thestar.com/article/1174405
Ontario Issues:
Small hike coming to injured workers on WSIB:
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/1173413–wsib-will-give-small-hike-in-benefits-to-partially-disabled
Telling the Premier about poverty:
http://www.thespec.com/opinion/columns/article/718051–here-s-what-i-think-mr-premier-mr-premier-hello
Around the Province:
Liberals could win in Kitchener-Waterloo, poll says:
http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/717057–poll-suggests-liberals-could-win-kitchener-waterloo-riding
In Toronto, poverty – and panhandling – gets pushed to the suburbs:
http://toronto.openfile.ca/toronto/text/poverty-gets-pushed-suburbs-so-does-panhandling
Across the Country:
New Brunswick cuts a deal with dentists to serve people on social assistance:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/05/07/nb-dental-society-deal-stultz-935.html
Quebec Student Protests:
Student protests continue – massive rejection of government’s offer:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Student+votes+show+massive+rejection+tuition+deal/6586497/story.html
Linda McQuaig on the Quebec student protests:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1174591–quebec-students-send-a-message-against-austerity
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois on organizing and what’s at stake:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/face-of-quebecs-student-protest-surprised-by-its-power/article2425572/
National:
Tom Walkom on Harper’s war against wages:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1173290–walkom-stephen-harper-s-stealthy-war-against-wages-and-the-environment
Armine Yalnizyan on how changes to immigration are driving down wages:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/changes-to-immigration-policy-could-transform-society/article2420367/
Creating second class workers:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/does-temporary-foreign-workers-program-create-second-class-of-labourers/article2424451/
Bill C-31 has the potential to inflict untold pain and injustice on a whole new generation of asylum seekers:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1173520–bill-c-31-past-wrongs-and-present-day-injustices
Doctors say cuts to refugee health benefits inhumane and dangerous:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/07/cuts-to-refugee-health-insurance-dangerous-inhumane-doctors-say/
When public policy – on health and poverty – fails:
http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/when-public-policy-fails
Why life was easier for young people, back in the day:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/2012-vs-1984-young-adults-really-do-have-it-harder-today/article2425558/
Conservative attacks not working on Mulcair:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/05/08/drew-anderson-conservative-attack-on-mulcair-falls-flat-are-they-losing-their-mojo/
International:
Where do you not want to raise kids? The USA:
http://shine.yahoo.com/team-mom/best-country-raising-kids-report-says-not-united-050400422.html
PhD’s on food stamps:
http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131795/