Jane Street Rally Against Poverty

As a lead up to the November 5th Campaign for a Poverty Free Ontario
Province-Wide Day of Action, OCAP, Jane Finch Action Against Poverty
and a number of people on social assistance will be conducting 2 mass
case actions on October 23rd at two of the most notoriously bad welfare
offices Toronto: Atwell and Wilson.

Today, more people than ever are being forced to live on welfare in
Ontario. They face two major problems. First of all, the income they
receive does not let them pay their rent and feed their families
properly. Secondly, welfare offices like Atwell and Willson do all they
can to deny even the small benefits people are supposed to get. When
they apply for Special Diet, Community Start Up and other benefits,
they are denied their rights. This must stop.

Get on the bus at 2:00 pm at Jane and Finch, or Jane and Sheppard or Falstaff. We will be marching from the corner of Jane and Wilson to the Welfare and ODSP office. Live music, Dancing, Signs.

People in our community cannot afford healthy and nutritious food.

Our demands: Guaranteed minimum annual income for all residents of Ontario, and across the country so that no one livees in poverty.

Increase of 40 percent to the rate of social assistance (OW and ODSP) to make up for inflation and the Tory cuts

Access to the Special Diet and other benefits.

For more information call 416-644-2073 x 23

janefinchactionagainstpoverty@gmail.com

Sponsored by Jane Finch Action Against Poverty and Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

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