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Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Art Eggleton as a Champion of Social Justice by Carol Goar

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Collective | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Health, Housing

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SPECIAL DIET ALLOWANCE AT RISK in Ontario ISAC

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Collective | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Community Board, Community Resource, Health, Housing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Special Diet Program Contravenes Human Rights:
Province Considers Scrapping Program in Response
TORONTO – 1 March 2010: The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal recently found that the
provincial Special Diet Allowance (SDA) program violates the Human Rights Code in the
way it provides benefits to three individuals. These three individuals are lead complainants in
a Tribunal proceeding that involves [...]



David Thomasson Challenges Premier Dalton McGuinty & the ODSPA

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By greendave | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Community Resource, Life

The ODSPA is the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, the legislation that created and “operates” ODSP.
My case is that the legislated process violates each person’s right to due process, the right to be innocent until proven guilty by a fair and impartial tribunal, etc. I know it is a dense & complicated argument, it is [...]



FORWARD Health Circles and Housing Rights Patricia Diaz

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Patricia Cummings-Diaz | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Community Board, Community Resource, Housing

Hi,
The Health Circles will be complete by the end of March and the women are interested in writing a report from the grid. Anyone who is or had daily-lived experiences of homelessness and under housing are more than welcome to give your voice to this document.
One of our speakers at the Circles was Tracy Heffernan [...]