Welfare

Submitted by ocap on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 13:33.

Warning: Some of this info is out of date! We are working on it.

OW keeps recipients barely surviving, without providing nearly enough to pay rent or buy food. You're forced to apply for the worst jobs that exist, take insult and humiliation from your worker, and allow your most personal details to be put on the government's computers. To top it off, when you try to make some money on the side or find other sources of income, you're punished with deductions, getting cut-off, and having the cops investigate you for fraud. What does OCAP think of Ontario Works? We think it's exploitation at its worst.

OCAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We mount campaigns against regressive government policies as they affect poor and working people. In addition, we provide direct-action advocacy for individuals against welfare and ODSP, public housing and others who deny poor people what they are entitled to. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves.

We believe in the power of resistance.

Short History of OCAP

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ocap@tao.ca
Phone: 416-925-6939
Fax: 1855-714-0566
Address: 157 Carlton St #201, Toronto, ON, M5A 2K3

Our office is located on a 2nd floor and not wheelchair accessible. We are happy to make appointments in accessible locations. All of our meetings are held in wheelchair accessible locations.

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