eBulletins
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September 2010: Back in Session, Work to Do!
In this week’s eBulletin:
- Quote of the Week
- Back in Session: Work to Do!
- Still Waiting: Ontario’s Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy
- More Barriers for Workers under Bill 68
- Municipal Election 2010: Press Your Candidates on Social Services Cost Savings
- Community Update: Windsor Gets Busy
- 25 in 5 Co-Chair Takes “Put Food in the Budget” Challenge
- The Federal Front: Red Tents hit Parliament Hill October 19
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August 10, 2010: Take Action on the Special Diet Allowance!
In this week’s eBulletin:
- Quote of the Week
- URGENT – Take Action: Premier McGuinty, Keep Your Promise!
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Take Action on Income Security Review and Affordable Housing Strategy!
In this week’s eBulletin:
- Quote of the Week
- 25 in 5 Supports Call for Income Security Review
- HNO: Ontario Delays Affordable Housing Strategy
- Where’s Home? Report Highlights Urgent Housing Need
- Local Ideas, Local Action: Ottawa Activists Host 6-Stop Affordability Tour
- 25 in 5 Leadership Forum Resources Available Online
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Five Principles for the Ontario Nutritional Supplement
In this week’s eBulletin:
- Quote of the Week
- Open Letter to Deb Matthews
- Five Principles for the new Ontario Nutritional Supplement Program
- Take Action on the Five Principles
- Are You On Special Diet? Tell Your Story
- 25 in 5 Leadership Forum Charts Next Steps
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For the week of May 18, 2010
In this week’s eBulletin:
1) Quote of the Week
2) Premier McGuinty Responds to 25 in 5
3) 25 in 5 Provincial Leadership Assembly May 17-18
4) ODSP Action Coalition – Date Change for Telling Our Stories
- $45M dental-care boost protects poorest children
October 1, 2010Ontario is expanding free dental services for poor children to include preventative care such as check-ups, cleanings, X-rays and fillings, the Star has learned.
Health Minister Deb Matthews will announce Friday that the “healthy smiles” program — costing taxpayers $45 million annually — is designed to help 130,000 kids aged 17 and under.
- Big bang for full-day learning buck
August 30, 2010Ontario is missing out on a significant economic payoff by offering a scaled-down version of full-day learning this fall, says a report being released Monday. A new economic analysis of the initiative outlined by the premier’s early learning adviser last spring shows an immediate return of $2.02 for every dollar invested in operations and $1.47 for every dollar spent on new classrooms, says the report, obtained by the Star.
- Funding shortages for home services are staggering
August 27, 2010ARCH Disability Law Centre, dedicated to advancing the rights of people with disabilities, says its campaign was prompted by “an alarming and growing trend of adults with intellectual disabilities being unable to afford vital supports that would facilitate their development, independence and participation in the community. “This crisis is growing and we need your help,” ARCH says.
- Radical change for Ont. mental health urged
August 26, 2010A new report says a “radical transformation” of mental health and addiction care is needed in Ontario if people are to receive the help they need.
- Windsor area food bank use spikes, paycheques shrink, report finds
August 24, 2010One in 10 Windsor-Essex families live in poverty, causing a huge jump in demand at local food banks and lineups for social assistance, according to a new United Way report.
- 25 in 5 Supports Call for Income Security Review
- Message to Deb Matthews: Nutritional Supplement Must Address Needs
- Five Principles for a New Nutritional Supplement Program
- Premier McGuinty Responds to 25 in 5
- Open Letter to Premier McGuinty from the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
- Budget throws Ontario’s poor in limbo
- Budget 2010 Must Link “Open Ontario” to Poverty Reduction
- Poverty Reduction Strategies in Quebec and Newfoundland-Labrador
This report, prepared by Chantal Collin of the Political and Social Affairs Division of Parliament, provides a quick introduction to the poverty reduction strategies of Newfoundland-Labrador and Quebec.
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