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Members door knock for justice #FordFightback
As part of its monthly Ford Fight Back series, ACORN members across Hamilton, Ottawa and Toronto got together and knocked on doors in Doug Ford's home turf!
The Leveller: ODSP Recipients Ready to Fight: Social assistance cuts loom as provincial budget approaches
ACORN members across the province are gathering on the second Thursday of every month to protest and demand the government increase social assistance rates and abandon plans to adopt stricter federal definitions of disability.
Members rally to SAVE ODSP
Posted on 9 January 2020
CBC News: City proposing new TTC discounts, after-school programs and library hours to battle poverty
Ford government cuts could jeopardize anti-poverty efforts, city says
Doug Ford’s Fall Economic Statement claims its plan is working! BUT FOR WHO AND AT WHAT COST?
Posted on 7 November 2019
Ontario ACORN Members take on cuts to Childcare, ODSP and more at Ford Fight Back Actions!
Members of ACORN in cities across Ontario are committed to fighting back each month against the Ford government’s cuts to essential programs in our communities.
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Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton faces $1.2-million Ontario Works gap this year, $1.5 million in 2020
Recipients’ rates are not affected, but there will be ‘some service impact,’ the general manager of the department says.
ACORN Members Fight Back Against Ford's Cuts!
ACORN members and allies from across Ontario joined together yesterday to fight back against the Ford government’s cuts to ODSP and affordable housing measures.