Tag: melissa addison-webster
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‘Put Food in the Budget’ Campaign Reveals Reason for Governments & Corporations to Like Food Banks
This video presents Food Banks Canada: HungerCount 2014. “The HungerCount report is the only comprehensive study of food bank use in Canada. It offers a snapshot of the people helped by food banks and other charitable food programs, looks at the causes of hunger and food insecurity, and offers recommendations to reduce hunger.“ The Put…
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Put Food in the Budget: Please Urge Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to Raise Social Assistance Rates Now!
This video (May 27, 2013) presents “Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, announces social assistance plans at City Hall in Windsor.” “Premier Kathleen Wynne was at the City of Windsor’s Employment and Training Services today to highlight the government’s commitment to transforming social assistance, helping people keep more of their hard-earned money while entering the workforce.“…
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Please Urge Premier Wynne to Increase Ontario Works’ Base Rate by $100 a Month & Not Cut the Special Diet Allowance
This video presents “Put Food in the Budget”: “Do the Math is part of the Put Food in the Budget campaign in OntarioOK Currently a single person on social assistance gets $585 per month to cover housing, food, transport, and everything else” “As I found out taking the Do the Math challenge, this amount is…