Poverty Reduction is a key election issue. Our Ontario government is legislated to develop a poverty reduction strategy every 5 years regardless of which party is in power. So it is important that candidates can speak and act on poverty issues. Please find below a list of dates and locations for many of our local All-Candidate … Continue reading Ontario Election_June 12th_All Candidates Events Listing
Not one of our kids is disposable, yet we keep them brain-damagingly poor. By Crawford Kilian, 8 May 2014, TheTyee.ca The reports come so often that we shrug them off. Over and over, child and youth watchdog Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond tells us the British Columbian government has failed yet again to protect children. Again and again, B.C. is … Continue reading Warning: Child Poverty Is Hazardous to Our Health
May 05, 2014 3:50 PM CT Last Updated: May 05, 2014 6:04 PM CT A child holds a sign at a protest against high food prices in Nunavut in June 2012. A new strategy from the Nunavut Food Security Coalition says helping people hunt and share more caribou, seal and other traditional foods could help tackle … Continue reading New strategy promotes hunting as cure to Nunavut hunger
May 5th-9th is Hunger Awareness Week in Canada The 2008 recession may have hit six years ago, but Ontarians are still dealing with the aftermath. Full time jobs with benefits are merely a dream for thousands of Ontarians who are carrying the burden of a downtrodden economy. While salaries decrease, the cost of housing, hydro … Continue reading Hunger Awareness Week: Who Do You Think Uses the Food Bank?
Further work on the Food Charter in preparation for May 14th Healthy Communities Conference distribution. Upcoming Food Bank Summit (June 2014) and discussion on OSNPPH Poverty Simulation and Candidate Survey. Food Security AG agenda 2014-05-05
A variety of activities have been organized to highlight the issue of Hunger in our community. Upcoming ... The Salvation Army and Family Services and O-Share
January 20, 2014 by Steve Barnes The relationship between living in poverty and poor health is overwhelming. In Ontario, people in the lowest income group are more likely to have diabetes, heart disease, low birth weight babies, and poor mental health. Children growing up in low income neighbourhoods are more likely to be obese. The list goes on. … Continue reading Getting it right in 2014: Acting now on poverty
On the Agenda for the next meeting: PTF Transportation Agenda 12 May 2014 Update on Four County Labour Planning Board Transportation and Employment Study Update on Grey County Transportation Study RFP MTO Community Transportation Pilot Program
Major items on the Agenda for the meeting: Progress Report – Income Assistance Decision Tree Progress Report – Grey Bruce Income Summit Progress Report – Client Referral Letter Report – Utility Assistance Program Distribution – TOR and Grey County O.W. Participant Profile See full Agenda: Agenda-PTF Income-May 2014
The Income Security Action Group meets on a monthly basis. Work is progressing on the Income Assistance Decision Tree and and Grey Bruce Income Summit (October 2014). See the full minutes of the meeting: Income Security Action Group Minutes Mar 7 2014
