A letter from Doctor Roland Wong to Dalton McGuinty about someone unjustly being denied the special diet.

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Come out and defend people on social assistance. Friday, October 23rd

Wilson:
Get on the bus at 2pm at:
- Jane and Finch
- Jane and Sheppard
- Falstaff
or, the corner of Jane & Wilson at 2:30pm

As a lead up to the November 5th Campaign for a Poverty Free Ontario
Province-Wide Day of Action, OCAP, Jane Finch Action Against Poverty and a number of people on social assistance will be conducting 2 mass case actions on October 23rd at two of the most notoriously bad welfare offices Toronto: Atwell and Wilson.

Today, more people than ever are being forced to live on welfare in Ontario. They face two major problems. First of all, the income they receive does not let them pay their rent and feed their families properly. Secondly, welfare offices like Atwell and Willson do all they can to deny even the small benefits people are supposed to get. When they apply for Special Diet, Community Start Up and other benefits, they are denied their rights. This must stop.

Street Health is an agency in Toronto that provides health, outreach, support and ID services to homeless and under-housed people in the City, primarily in the downtown east end. Many of our members and supporters rely on Street Health and its staff on a regular basis and we view this agency as an essential part of the downtown east community.

OCAP is greatly concerned with union busting activities that have been taking place at Street Health, including delaying bargaining and attempting to decertify the union.

We have sent a letter to the Board of Directors regarding the situation at Street Health and we encourage everyone concerned with homelessness to do the same. Below, you will find our letter as well as a sample letter to use to send to the Street Health Board.

Also, check out The Sunny House videos, particularly episode #21.