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| Toronto Region ODSP Action Coalition |
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| Recent news items, reports etc. |
| Last minor news items Saturday March 26 ... updated Nov. 17 |
| The "Hands Off " campaign received some press in early October 2006... Canadian Press story to be posted... One photo was up; link to follow. At our Toronto Region group meeting on Friday Sept. 29th we made placards for the Action Against Poverty Rally. |
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| The rally was pretty good, all things considered and there was some media attention from Canadian Press and other outlets. We were saying in late October that If stories ran in their community, people should try to keep the discussion alive by writing letters and articles... people could also approach community media about doing more in-depth features on poverty issues. As an example, at left Kate Allen had a letter in the Star on Sat. October 21. |
| Friday October 27th saw the provincial group's strategy day session take place at the Queen East Community Centre. The Toronto group did not meet for the month of October due to the rally and the strategy day; the next meeting was therefore on November 24th. The provincial group met again on December 1st. |
| The Ontario Needs A Raise campaign met Oct. 30 at ISAC, to de-brief about "Action Against Poverty Week" and the rally. There was a lengthy discussion of how the buses and sound system etc. had to be changed on the fly. Just in was the Premier's response to the letter that was sent to all of the M.P.P.'s... see the file mcguinty.html... rally files with minor updates incl. dinovo.html |
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| Hansard - highlights Oct 17, 2006 |
| See also the finance minister's Oct. 19 letter in the Star re: the Oct 17th CP item . |
| In the wake of the rally an Oct. 19 Toronto Star editorial said poverty wasn't a way to preserve jobs.. earlier the Star had come out big for the event in an editorial on Sat. Oct. 14th. |
| Premier McGuinty replied to the OCSJ's demands in a letter idated October 17th. |
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| Mid-December saw the Liberals push through Bill 107 and the Human Rights changes. The United Nations passed, or adopted, a treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. See Helen Henderson's column about this in the Toronto Star's Sat. Feb. 3 edition. |
| The Ministry also had an AODA event in Simcoe, Ont. on Dec. 4, 2006. We have the Deb Matthews webcast from that saved separately. |
| The Toronto Star started the year with articles & editorials on poverty... there were letters to the editor as recently as Fri. Jan. 19. The nutritional supplement-Toronto Board of Health story broke on Tuesday Jan 30; Minister Meilleur responded on Jan. 31st. |
| Some late February 2007 news items were (a) the Omni TV newscast and (b) the consultations on a ten-year plan being undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. |
| No word yet about the meetings with Madeleine Meilleur. The ODSP Action Coalition's Election/Media Working Group are looking for volunteers to meet with the media. Training will be provided by the Election/Media Working Group, guiding you what to say to the media etc. Contact Dana Milne at ISAC, or one of the group chairpersons if interested. On Feb 23rd Cleonet had an item about the Ministry of Health's consultations on a then-new ten year plan? |