OCAP HAS TAKEN OVER McGUINTY'S HOUSING TRIBUNAL!
CALL/FAX/E-MAIL McGUINTY TO DEMAND A 40% RAISE TO WELFARE AND DISABILITY.
At roughly 9.30 AM this morning, OCAP took over the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal at 47 Sheppard Ave. East. This is the location where a huge chunk of the evictions that fuel the homeless crisis are given the legal stamp of approval.
The Harris Tories set up the Tribunal as part of their so called 'Tenant Protection Act'. Having cut welfare rates by 21.6% and made it impossible for people to pay their rent, the Tories then created a streamlined eviction process to enable landlords to put tenants on the street with ease. The McGuinty Liberals have maintained this situation and hundreds of thousands still go hungry to pay the rent or give up their housing to eat.
The Liberals have recently gutted the Special Diet Program that enabled poor people on welfare or disability to obtain a food allowance of up to $250/month. We are here today to demand that this decision be reversed and that social assistance rates be increased by the 40% needed to restore their spending power to 1995 levels. If the poor can't have enough to eat and pay the rent, economic evictions must stop. For this reason, we have gone to the Tribunal, today, to challenge its operations and ensure evictions are prevented.
Many directly affected by the cut to the Special Diet will be present at 47 Sheppard. It's just one of a series of actions we will hold to beat back McGuinty and Pupatello's bid to reimpose hunger and poverty on thousands of people.
CALL/FAX/E-MAIL DALTON McGUINTY
Demand that he restore the Special Diet Allowance and that Social Assistance Rates be raised by 40%.
Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, can be reached at:
E-mail: Dalton.McGuinty@premier.gov.on.ca
Fax: (416) 325-3745
Phone: (416) 325-3777
Let Dalton know where you stand!
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