Actions and Demonstrations

THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT! Read the report back on the 'Stop the Cuts' Website: http://www.torontostopthecuts.com

**JOIN OCAP and the DOWNTOWN EAST COMMITTEE
Meeting @ 4:30pm at Moss Park (Queen and Sherbourne)
-Tokens provided if needed
-Marching together to City Hall

On January 17th-19th, City Council will vote on the 2012 budget. Ford
and his buddies want to cut nearly $90 million in services, even though the city has a surplus of at least $140 million. They plan to slash services, hike fares and user fees, and lockout or layoff workers when there is actually enough money to improve life in this city.

Facebook Event

Thursday, August 25 · 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Allan Gardens
Sherbourne & Carlton

Join us for a free community meal, followed by a lively tour of Rob
Ford's proposed path of destruction in the Downtown East!

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Rob Ford’s cuts would devastate our community. Daycares, community
centres, public housing, libraries, parks, and shelters for the
homeless - this and more is at risk! Join fellow community members and
workers as we gather to march through our neighbourhood, stopping at
public services to celebrate what is ours and send a clear message to
the Mayor and his friends on Bay Street that our community will come
together to Stop the Cuts!!

Join the Downtown East Stop the Cuts Committee: TorontoDTE@gmail.com

STOP THE CUTS!
http://torontostopthecuts.com
http://www.facebook.com/stopthecuts

Community allies, activists, workers, students and all Torontonians are invited to a RALLY!

Thursday, May 26

12PM, Sheraton Hotel, 123 Queen St.

*This rally is held during CUPE Ontario’s Convention and ends at Queen’s Park

In the lead up to the provincial election on October 6, there is an
opportunity to make a difference in the province of Ontario. You are
invited to join members of CUPE Ontario during their annual Convention
to send a message to the provincial government.

Send a message about the growing poverty in our communities, about the
vital role that public services play in our communities and about good
jobs. Join us in sending a united message to...

BUILD A BETTER ONTARIO!

THIS JUST IN from our allies UNDER PRESSURE in Ottawa:

Thursday, May 19th

Members of the anti-poverty organization Under Pressure have infiltrated and disrupted a fundraiser organized by Ontario Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleur. The protesters were there to denounce the poverty in which those living on social assistance must live in.

“People living on social assistance are forced to choose between paying
the rent and putting food on the table” said one protester.

**LEGAL UPDATE: Arrestees released Friday around 6 PM after 4 hour delay (due to bomb scare!) Thanks to all the supporters who came out!

On February 10, Rob Ford and his friends on the handpicked Budget Committee of City Council got a first taste of community mobilization against the massive social cutbacks they are cooking up. Members of OCAP, No One is Illegal, Disability Action Movement Now, Community Solidarity Network, Common Cause, Rhythms of Resistance, and other people from communities facing attack were involved in the 'People's Delegation'.

Dozens of angry people, facing cuts to transport, hostel/emergency shelter services, community programs, tenant services and attacks on refugees and immigrants, entered the Committee Room and immediately and loudly confronted the assembled budget cutters. Two people were arrested by the one ‘service’ that seems to be exempt from cutbacks – the Police. Police were there in full force, giving us a picture of what we can expect for the coming years as social cuts will be enforced with lines of brutal cops and arrests.

Rally to give Rob Ford and his New Council the Welcome they Deserve!

Nathan Philips Square (City Hall), Wednesday December 1, 12 Noon
*Meal Served in the Square

OCAP, No One is Illegal and a range of other organizations will hold a rally on December 1 to mark the swearing in of the new Mayor and the rest of City Council. The new Council are taking office at a time when, across the world, austerity measures are being imposed on working people and the poor. Rob Ford is more than ready to play his part in this vicious process.

Ford ran for office by posing as an opponent of the 'Gravy Train'.
He takes a selective view in these matters. Ford personally
complained to the College of Physicians and Surgeons to try and
prevent Dr. Roland Wong providing the Special Diet to people in poverty. The basic needs of poor people in this city forced to try to survive on inadequate OW/ODSP rates were are unaffordable in his eyes. However, the cops can expect a whole reservoir of gravy from Rob Ford, just as the Pan Am Games will get a million gallons of the stuff.