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20 Years of The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Submitted by ocap on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 19:35.20 Years of Fighting to Win
Saturday
November 27th, 2010
Cecil Street Community Centre - 58 Cecil Street, Toronto
6:30 pm – 1 am
Sliding scale - $0 to $100
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Community Dinner, Re-enactments, Music, the OCAP Awards, Toasts and Roasts.
Twenty years ago in November, the founding conference of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) took place.
On November 27, at the Cecil Street Community Centre (58 Cecil Street), we will be holding a party to remember the long road we’ve traveled and celebrate our struggles for the future. We invite everyone to join us on in this momentous celebration!
Drop the Charges! Restore the Special Diet, Raise the Rates NOW!
Submitted by ocap on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 20:23.
What: COURT APPEARANCE FOR OCAP MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ACCUSED OF 'FORCIBLE ENTRY' OF LIBERAL PARTY HQ
When: Monday, August 30, 9.00 AM
Where: Outside College Park Court (College and Yonge)
Nine of the eleven people arrested and charged last month over a brief occupation of the Liberal Party headquarters are set to appear in court on Monday. They are accused of mischief and forcible entry. OCAP and allies will gather in front of the courthouse to condemn these charges and demand they be dropped, along with trespass summonses that were issued to two others at the Liberal offices.
This is a 'set date' appearance when it is normal to provide another court date and (sometimes) provide the accused with 'disclosure', i.e. the evidence the Crown intends to introduce at trial. We are demanding of the Liberal Attorney General (Chris Bentley), however, that this date be used to drop these inflated and politically motivated charges, just as we demand he drop all remaining G20 charges.
Eleven People Arrested at OCAP Rally Released on Bail; Fight Against Cut to the Special Diet Continues...
Submitted by ocap on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 02:02.
Click here for more photos.
On Wednesday, July 21st, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
demonstrated against the devastating cut to the Special Diet benefit and to demand that the Liberal Government raise welfare rates by at least 55% - the minimum amount required to restore rates to where they were before the cut by Harris in 1995.
During the rally, over 300 people took to the streets, while a smaller group of people went in to the Liberal Party headquarters, to deliver an invoice to the Liberal Party “demanding full re-payment of benefits taken from people living on social assistance.The delegation of people who entered the vProvincial Liberals HQ went to deliver a message about the impact of the cuts on poor people. Rather than receive this message, the powers that be chose to enforce their austerity measures with police action. Shortly after the group entered, Toronto Police arrested all 11 people, OCAP members, allies, and labour activists. Two people were released, while the other 9 were held overnight at 52 division and appeared for bail hearings in College Park Court Thursday.
Their Crisis, Our Misery: OCAP Versus the G20
Submitted by ocap on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 12:27.This article is also published in The Bullet
On June 26th, the G20 meetings will bring together the leaders of the world's richest 20 states in Toronto, following right on meetings of the G8 in Huntsville, in Northern Ontario. The G20 wants to talk about stabilizing the global economy and Harper wants to celebrate Canada as an economic success story. However, poor communities show the reality of what that 'success' has meant: during the economic crisis, the government has detained and deported more migrants, and their policies have meant more evictions, more unemployment, and more poverty. While the rich may celebrate their success in managing the crisis, this 'success' has been paid for by poor people in Canada.
Report on Street Health
Submitted by ocap on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:32.
To read the full report, click here
The report found:
1) Gaetan Heroux’s work for the PAID program over 10 years was exemplary and reflective of best practices in provision of services to homeless and under housed people.
2) The evidence we heard strongly suggests that moving Heroux out of the Street Health Offices was done in response to his support for the Street Health CUPE unionization drive and not for the reasons given by Neighbourhood Link.
3) Moving administrative and follow-up work to the Neighbourhood Link office in Scarborough has and is very likely to continue to negatively affect the clients of the PAID program in the Dundas-Sherbourne neighbourhood.
Support The Struggle And Become An OCAP Sustainer
Submitted by ocap on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 17:14.As little as $10 a month can help us maintain our work across this city and it just got easier to give.
