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40 ACORN members were at city hall for the swearing in of the mayor and the new city council.
ACORN demands a plan for affordable housing
New Toronto city council sworn into office
ACORN is calling on Mayor Tory to keep his promise of making housing a #1 priority!
Google’s intended development in downtown Toronto has been causing concern for ACORN members since we first heard that Sidewalk Labs is planning to build a tech community at Quayside.
‘We’re at a crisis and we don’t even it realize it.’
People receiving disability support from the Ontario government will be able to keep more of the money they earn as part of the province's overhaul of social assistance, but critics say it will be harder to qualify for help. Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod laid out a broad vision for social assistance under the Progressive Conservatives on Thursday, promising to cut red tape and encourage people to get back in the job market with a series of changes scheduled to take place over the next 18 months.
ACORN members rallied in Ottawa, Peel, Toronto and Hamilton to oppose recent cuts to OW/ODSP and respond to the government's 100-day review of social assistance.
Despite reiterating that the government was focused on taking a compassionate approach, the outcome of Social Services Minister Lisa Macleod's review has left many low-income Ontarians fearing the worst.
Tenants of a St. James Town high-rise displaced by a fire rallied outside the offices of Bleeman Holdings and Medallion Properties on Monday afternoon in protest of building management’s move to evict them from their temporary hotel accommodations.
650 Parliament fire