To monitor and inform on cross-Ontario activity on the poverty reduction agenda

Event Reports

Videos from 25 in 5 Community Conversation Waterloo Region

“Now is the time to reduce poverty in Ontario!” The October 24th, 2008 25 in 5 forum held at Cambridge City Hall was one of many taking place across Ontario. Showcasing the “25 in 5 Declaration on Poverty Reduction” Peter Clutterbuck delivered the keynote address calling on the Government of Ontario to reduce poverty by [...]

Breakfast Forum on Poverty Reduction (Sudbury)

One hundred people attended an early morning breakfast in Greater Sudbury to learn more about the 25 in 5 movement on the morning of October 30. A diverse crowd from the business, labour, health care, education, social service, municipal, faith based and general community gathered to listen to three key addresses from community leaders.

Brian [...]

Ending Poverty Forum – Sudbury (August 21, 2008)

On August 21, 2008 MPP and Minister for Community Safety and Correctional Services Rick Bartolucci met with a diverse group of over 70 people in the City of Greater Sudbury in an open forum organized by the Social Planning Council of Sudbury in order to receive community input into the Liberal Government’s plans for a [...]

Thunder Bay MPP Town Hall (July 17)

A Town Hall to End Poverty
A Community Dialogue on Priorities for Poverty Reduction in Ontario
“People shouldn’t have to fight for what they need”
On July 17th, 2008, residents of Thunder Bay gathered at the Lakehead Labour Centre to participate in a community dialogue to end poverty. The forum was hosted by Gilles Bisson MPP ((Timmins–James Bay).
Participants [...]

North Etobicoke MPP Consultation (July 31)

Over 50 agency representatives and residents in North Etobicoke came together on Thursday, July 31, for a very lively and animated discussion on poverty. The consultation took place at the YMCA’s Rexdale Youth Resource Centre on Albion Road. The two and a half hour session was hosted by MPP Dr. Shafiq Qaadri (Etobicoke North), who [...]