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Alert -
Bill 118
Voice your disappointment that the Conservative gov't
voted against NDP MPP Tony Martin's Bill 118 to raise ODSP
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Suggestions:
- I am calling
to voice how upset I am at the Conservative government for voting
against NDP MPP Tony Martin's Bill 118 to raise ODSP.
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This is
a huge issue that affects 192,000 disabled people on ODSP and
our families, friends and caregivers.
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People with
disabilities who can't work and are forced to rely on ODSP get
a maximum of $930 a month or $11,160 a year. This is over $7200
below the poverty line for those living in cities.
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People on
ODSP have not had any increase since the Conservatives formed
the government. Since then the cost-of-living has gone up 12.8%.
Rents in most of Ontario's cities have gone up by more than
20%.
- It's impossible
for people with disabilities on ODSP to cover our basic needs
such as food, clothing and many of our needed medications that
have been delisted by the government - for many of us, our rent
takes up almost all of our monthly check.
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The government
needs to listen and at the very least do what Tony Martin tried
to do today (June 13) and index ODSP to the cost of living.
Conservative
MPP Phone and Fax Information
Email
addresses of Ontario MPPs
Ontario Disability
Support Program Amendment Act (Fairness in Disability Income Support
Payments), 2002
Loi de 2002
modifiant la Loi sur le Programme ontarien de soutien aux personnes
handicapées (équité dans les versements du
soutien du revenu)
The Acting
Speaker (Mr Michael A. Brown): Mr Martin has moved second reading
of Bill 118, An Act to amend the Ontario Disability Support Program
Act, 1997 to require annual cost-of-living adjustments to income
support payments. Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion
carry?
All in favour
will say "aye."
All opposed will say "nay."
In my opinion,
the ayes have it.
Call in the
members; this will be a five-minute bell.
The division bells rang from 1201 to 1206.
The division bells rang from 1201 to 1207.
The Acting
Speaker (Mr Michael A. Brown): Order. Members please take their
seats.
Mr Martin has
moved second reading of Bill 118.
All those in
favour will please stand and remain standing until their name is
called.
AYES:
Agostino, Dominic
Bisson, Gilles
Boyer, Claudette
Bradley, James J.
Caplan, David
Churley, Marilyn
Colle, Mike
Crozier, Bruce
Di Cocco, Caroline
Dombrowsky, Leona
Duncan, Dwight
Gravelle, Michael
Hoy, Pat Kennedy,
Gerard Kormos,
Peter Kwinter,
Monte Levac, David
Marchese, Rosario
Martel, Shelley
Martin, Tony
McMeekin, Ted
Miller, Norm
O'Toole, John
Parsons, Ernie
Peters, Steve
Prue, Michael
Pupatello, Sandra
Ruprecht, Tony
Smitherman, George
Tascona, Joe
The Acting
Speaker: All those opposed will please stand and remain standing
until their name is called.
NAYS:
Baird, John R.
Barrett, Toby
Beaubien, Marcel
Chudleigh, Ted
Clark, Brad
Cunningham, Dianne
DeFaria, Carl
Ecker, Janet
Elliott, Brenda
Flaherty, Jim
Galt, Doug
Gilchrist, Steve
Gill, Raminder
Hardeman, Ernie
Hastings,John
Hodgson, Chris
Hudak, Tim
Jackson, Cameron
Johns, Helen
Johnson, Bert
Kells, Morley
Klees, Frank
Maves, Bart
Mazzilli, Frank
McDonald, Al
Munro, Julia
Mushinski, Marilyn
Newman, Dan
Ouellette, Jerry J.
Runciman, Robert W.
Sterling, Norman W.
Stewart, R. Gary
Stockwell, Chris
Tsubouchi, David H.
Turnbull, David
Witmer, Elizabeth
Wood, Bob
Young, David
Clerk of
the House (Mr Claude L. DesRosiers): The ayes are 30; the nays
are 38.
The Acting
Speaker: I declare the motion lost.
It being past
12 of the clock, all business before the House now being
complete the House will resume sitting at 1:30 of the clock.
The house recessed
from 1210 to 1330.
Links
A full listing of Ontario MPPs with contact information
is available on the Government of Ontario website at www.ontla.on.ca/Members/mailing_addresses/index.htm
For information
about Bill 118 visit:
http://www.ontla.on.ca/documents/Bills/37_Parliament/Session2/b118_e.htm
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