Please join us in Toronto as we demand justice for our people and protection for the water, air, and forests that give life to us all.
Public Talk. Tuesday April 6
6:30 p.m. Steel Workers Hall, 25
Cecil St. (S of College, E of Spadina).
40 years ago our people were poisoned with mercury by a paper mill that contaminated our river upstream. Our people are demanding justice because we are still dealing with the ongoing health impacts of this avoidable disaster. We want to sound the alarm that this poison will affect everyone if we don’t stand together to protect our water.
THE SPECIAL DIET HAS BEEN CUT!
Rally and March on the MGuinty Government
WE DEMAND:
-Raise Welfare and Disability rates by 40% now!
-Stop the attacks: Give us back the Special Diet!
-Defend Public Services
Thursday, April 15th @ 12 Noon
Allan Gardens Park (Sherbourne and Gerrard)
*free meal
*accessibility pick-up @ 11:30 am at south-east corner of Dundas-Yonge
On March 25th, Ontario’s Liberal Government killed the Special Diet in
the Provincial Budget. 20% of those on social assistance in Ontario
have been getting this vital benefit and will now be thrown into a
crisis - robbed of the ability to buy food and pay the rent once
again.
People on Welfare and Disability live on rates that are shamefully
inadequate. Since the 1995 cuts, these rates have been reduced in real
terms by more than 40%. For 15 years, people have been forced further
in to poverty. In slashing the Special Diet now - the government is
