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

Put Food In The Budget

Launch of Do The Math Challenge

www.putfoodinthebudget.ca Daily Update – October 4th, 2010 The Do the Math ‘Challenge’ was announced at a press conference at Queen’s Park this morning. Every day this week we will send out a brief update on activities and news around the province. Please forward this email among your networks. And follow the Challenge on http://pfib.posterous.com/ and [...]

Hard To Have Dignity If You’re Hungry

The McGuinty government’s poverty-reduction strategy is not addressing the needs of hundreds of thousands of Ontario residents. In fact, the most recent Ontario budget heightens the food insecurity people on social assistance experience and undermines the well-being of our communities. Food insecurity means everything from being hungry to not knowing where the next meal is [...]

Social Assistance Advisory Council Report’s Bold Vision for Tomorrow Does Not Put Food on the Table Today

TORONTO, June 14, 2010 /CNW The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council Report released Monday morning at Queen’s Park promotes a bold new vision for income security in the long run but is weak on what it asks the Ontario Government to do to help people on social assistance meet their basic daily living necessities now. [...]

Focus on Food & Income (April 13-15, 2010)

Several events on April 13, 14 and 15 in Toronto focused attention on the issue of the inadequate access of people on social assistance to healthy food. Surviving on Peanut Butter and Tuna More than 350 people attended The Stop Community Food Centre’s Community Town Hall at the Artscape Wychwood Barns on Tuesday evening, April [...]

2010 Budget Holds Only Threat For Ontario’s Most Vulnerable

TORONTO, March 25, 2010 /CNW The 2010 Budget fails the test of a Government committed to a comprehensive poverty reduction plan for Ontarians. An amount of $57 million is designated as an increase to the Basic Needs Allowance for people on social assistance, which is 1%, while inflation is projected to be 2% or higher [...]