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A brief history of income security in Ontario and the current movement.

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We Need A Measure Of Adequacy Before It’s Too Late!

December 12, 2017 Leave a comment Written by Laura

Bill 6

City of Hamilton Support for Bill 6

January 10, 2017 Leave a comment Written by Laura
City of Hamilton Support for Bill 6

On December 20th, 2016, Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger wrote an endorsement of Bill 6 to the Social Policy Committee.

See the letter here:

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Bill 6

Ontario Needs A New Common-Sense Approach To Social Assistance

November 4, 2016 Leave a comment Written by Laura

Thanks to Community Food Centres Canada for a great article on the impossible budgeting choices faced by those living on inadequate assistance.
See the article Ontario Needs A New Common-Sense Approach To Social Assistance on the Huffington Post Blog.

Bill 6, News
#Bill6, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity, #onpoli

Bringing Social Assistance Into This Decade Can Fix Poverty Gap

October 7, 2016 Leave a comment Written by Laura

An awesome article by our Ontario Association of Food Banks ally on fixing the poverty gap left by time and neglect.

 

Bringing Social Assistance Into This Decade Can Fix Poverty Gap

Bill 6, News
#Bill6, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity, #onpoli

Hamilton MPPs Bill will Fix Social Assistance

September 28, 2016 Leave a comment Written by Laura

Op/Ed by Tom Cooper and Laura Cattari explaining why MPP Paul Miller’s Bill 6 will help fix social assistance in Ontario.

Hamilton MPPs Bill will Fix Social Assistance

News
#Bill6, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity, #onpoli

Community launch of Bill 6 Support – September 23rd

September 27, 2016 1 Comment Written by Laura

On September 23rd over 50 people gathered at Myler Hall, Christs Church Cathedral in support of MPP Paul Miller’s Private Members’ Bill — Bill 6, Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission), 2016. We heard from community activists, persons with lived experience of the social assistance system and MPP Hamilton East – Stoney Creek Paul Miller. And a big thank you to our MC Deirdre Pike who led us through Tom Cooper’s new game — The Price is Wrong!


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News
#Bill6, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity, #onpoli

NDP Tables Social Assistance Bill Again

September 15, 2016 1 Comment Written by Laura

The Hamilton Spectator reports, “The NDP is re-introducing Bill 185 which died when Liberals prorogued the legislature.”

See article HERE.

News
#Bill6, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity, #onpoli

Plan to study social assistance rates in limbo as Wynne prorogues legislature

September 9, 2016 Leave a comment Written by Laura

CBC coverage on prorogation’s affect on the survival of Bill 185

Plan to study social assistance rates in limbo as Wynne prorogues legislature

Bill 185, News
#bill185, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity, #onpoli

It’s time to fix social assistance

September 6, 2016 Leave a comment Written by Laura

Tom Cooper and Laura Cattari of Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction look at why it’s time to fix social assistance on Maytree’s Blog.

It’s time to fix social assistance

Bill 185
#bill185, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity

Queen’s Park Press Conference April 13th, 2016

September 6, 2016 Leave a comment Written by Laura

NDP MPP Paul Miller is joined by Craig Foye of the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, Anita Khanna of Campaign 2000, and Laura Cattari of Advocacy Hamilton to present his Bill 185: Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission). They discuss the gross inadequacy of current social assistance rates in Ontario, the effects of this deep poverty trap on children, families, and single people, and the path forward proposed in this bill that would tie social assistance rates to the actual cost of living in different Ontario communities.

The bill would establish a Social Assistance Research Commission tasked with recommending evidence-based social assistance rates to the provincial government on an annual basis.

Bill 185
#bill185, #fixthegap, #incomesecurity
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