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.
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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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Recipients’ rates are not affected, but there will be ‘some service impact,’ the general manager of the department says.
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.
Dependent on the government for life sustaining income, ACORN members and several community members reached out to protest on the changes to the definition of disability for eligibility for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) on July 11.
Friends of Acorn rally in front of the ODSP office on Preston St to demand that the Ford government stop cutting their access to ODSP.
ACORN members in four cities in Ontario came out to fight on education, housing, social assistance and more!
Posted May 9, 2019