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Social Assistance
OCAP's Fight For Food Suppliments For People On Assistance Has Been Such A Success We Need Help To Handle It
Submitted by ocap on Thu, 04/07/2005 - 22:57.OCAP and Ontario Common Front (OCF) organizations in other cities are demanding that the McGuinty Government ‘Raise the Rates’ for those on Social assistance by 40% in order to restore the spending power the Tories took from them.
As part of this, we have been organizing to win food supplements for people on welfare and disability. The system is supposed to provide up to $250 per person on assistance as a dietary supplement if a medical professional deems it necessary.
Raise the Rates Petition
Submitted by ocap on Thu, 03/06/2003 - 15:43.Sign the Petition for a 40% Increase on Social Assistance in Ontario
Under the Harris Tories and McGunity Liberals, hundreds of thousands of people in Ontario have seen the spending power of their social assistance cheques fall by 40%. People can only pay their rent by going without proper food. They can only put food on the table by facing the threat of eviction from their housing.
