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Share News Editorial: Gov’t should support money transfer bill

If you send $100 to Guyana, Jamaica or Trinidad using a remittance service, on average 10 per cent…

Posted June 20, 2012

Province: Landlord ignores hefty fine for lack of repairs — issues eviction notice instead: tenant

A Surrey woman who fought to bring her delinquent landlord to account has been served with an eviction…

Posted June 20, 2012

iPolitics Insight: Regulating remittance fees makes sense for Ontario

Last week, Ontario NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh (Bramalea-Gore-Malton) introduced a private member’s bill that proposes to regulate the…

Posted June 11, 2012

URGENT: MPPs Need to Hear from Tenants

On Tuesday, ACORN members took a message to Queen’s Park. The justice committee was meeting to discuss Bill…

Posted June 8, 2012

Movement for Remittance Justice

Last Thursday, ACORN members joined MPP Jagmeet Singh at Queen’s Park to announce the next step in our…

Posted June 5, 2012

Surrey Now: ACORN says Surrey bylaw to penalize bad landlords isn’t perfect, but is a good first step

SURREY - Surrey slumlords will face hefty fines and even jail time if they don't comply with a…

Posted June 1, 2012

Straight.com: Tenant advocacy group welcomes Surrey rental-standards bylaw

ACORN Canada, an advocacy group for lower-income families, is applauding a new City of Surrey bylaw intended to…

Posted May 31, 2012

Momentum Building for Remittance Justice

This Thursday, May 31st, ACORN members will join ally Jagmeet Singh, MPP, at Queen's Park to announce the…

Posted May 28, 2012

Defend Social Housing

There’s an affordable and livable housing crisis in Canada. For years now, ACORN members from coast to coast…

Posted May 24, 2012

Ottawa ACORN Rally for Improved Social Assistance

Ottawa ACORN members and our allies from the Put Food in the Budget campaign will take Dalton McGuinty…

Posted May 14, 2012

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