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Students have a new way to remain food secure as the school year kicks off.
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Students trade insults with Premier
Hundreds marched to Queens Park, chanting for OSAP cuts to be reversed
Report casts a harsh light on child poverty in Toronto
Poverty and low-income rates closely connected in the city
Charter challenge on right to housing dismissed
Court rejects charter challenge days after hundreds rally and discuss homelessness in Toronto on National Housing Day
Food bank visits connected to high rents in Toronto
Chronically high costs of urban living are normalizing the need for food banks
Student unions in Ontario join campaign for $14 minimum wage
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — Several student unions in Ontario have joined the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $14. Anti-poverty groups proposed the minimum wage hike in March this year as part of their ‘Fair Wages Now’ campaign.
Condo community may bring affordable housing units to Waterfront
The Waterfront campus is getting new neighbours, but it‘s still uncertain as to when affordable housing will be available.
OCAP calls for expropriation of 'Drina's House'
The “Taking It Back” campaign launched in Allan Gardens on Sunday, Sept. 22 by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). The campaign demands the city expropriate buildings left empty by landlords, make the necessary repairs and turn it into viable social housing for the neighbourhood. They point to the past to show its been done before. OCAP’s Gaetan…
No one should have a friend die on the streets
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Some people choose to live on the streets of Toronto throughout the winter. That’s right, I said they choose to live on the streets. But the choice they make is a Hobson’s choice between the overcrowded, bed bug infested and dangerous conditions of the city’s shelter system or the…
Broten targeted over cuts to start up benefit
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter Laurel Broten, the minister responsible for women’s issues, was too busy to meet with anti-poverty and anti-violence advocates who arrived at her office demanding she intervene and stop the provincial government’s plan to cut the Community Start-Up Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB). The CSUMB is a fund for those on Ontario Works…
577 people use GBC food banks in October
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter I don’t know if you think about food security, I do. I think about how people eat when they have no money or resources to draw on. I wonder how the $25 student levy and the TTC fare increase will affect those who rely on GBC’s food banks. I think…