Tag: put food in the budget campaign
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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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You’re Invited: Equity Literacy Forum- Towards a Classism Reduction Strategy for Ontario Oct.29, 2014
This video presents Classism in Canada. Classism and poverty in British Columbia and Canada. The Put Food in the Budget (PFIB) – a non-profit organization – invites you to an Equity Literacy Forum on Towards a Classism Reduction Strategy for Ontario, October 29, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at College Street United Church, 452…
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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 Ontario Political Leaders to Keep Their Promise to End Poverty in Ontario by Taking Decisive Action
This video presents “Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Protests” in Ontario, Canada: “30 000 protesters gathered to protest liberal policies at a rally organized by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty“ Jannen Belbeck reports” This video was originally posted on the Ryersonian.ca website Check it out there for an article and a story about the protest as…
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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…
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Canadian Social Assistance Review: Ontario Commissioners Want Your Feedback By March 16, 2012
This is an update to my previous blogs: You’re Invited: Public Consultation & Review of Canadian Social Assistance in Ontario March 7, 2012 Please Give the Gift of Dignity to Canadians This Holiday Season! 2012! Happy New Year! ” The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario is tasked with carrying out a…
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You’re Invited: Public Consultation & Review of Canadian Social Assistance in Ontario March 7, 2012
This is an update to my previous blogs: 2012! Happy New Year! Please Give the Gift of Dignity to Canadians This Holiday Season! Here is a letter from Yvonne Kelly of The PUT FOOD IN THE BUDGET CAMPAIGN inviting you to attend a public consultation re: the Options Paper just released from the Commissioners reviewing…