Insauga: Mississauga protest part of nationwide push to get Ottawa to make loans more affordable
Posted December 14, 2021
Posted December 14, 2021
Members of a Peel advocacy group will protest outside a dozen or so money-lending businesses in central Mississauga tomorrow as part of a nationwide call on Ottawa to criminalize high-interest loans that target low-income families.
Peel ACORN, an independent social and economic justice group, will gather members and others outside Money Mart in Cooksville shortly after noon and then continue on to a number of similar financial services companies in the immediate area.
Organization members say they chose the location in which to gather for its unusually high number of lending companies within a relatively small area.
The group’s protest is part of ACORN Canada’s National Day of Action for Fair Banking in which similar demonstrations will take place in eight other cities across Canada including Ontario locations Hamilton, Toronto, London and Ottawa.
?️TOMORROW’s the day!! It’s ACORN’s National Day of Action to Criminalize High Interest Rates! Join us, TOMORROW, Tuesday, Dec. 14th in 9 cities across the country as we demand fair banking/end predatory lending.
?Find the action nearest you here: https://t.co/Mi0oozoSU2 pic.twitter.com/tHzPeyx6fH
— ACORN Canada (@ACORNCanada) December 13, 2021
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Article by Declan Finucane for Insauga