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Public Meeting to Oppose the Prosecution of OCAP - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Sunday, Jan. 12th, 7 PM, OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W.
Dec 29, 2002
Our citizenship is on the rocks "We must shed real light on the fates of those who flounder outside our society" by Catherine Frazee, Globe and Mail
Dec 28, 2002
Lifetime ban from welfare: a message from the station that cares? (Newstalk 1010) Commentary by Jonathan Nzouankeu
Dec 24, 2002

Post Rogers Inquest Action Alert - Letter Writing Campaign - Ban the Welfare Bans
Dec. 20, 2002

Op/Ed, Toronto Star POVERTY'S BITTER FRUITS The Welfare System's Emphasis on the "Shortest Route to Employment" instead Guarantees Long-Term Need by Jacquie Chic & Barbara Anello
Dec. 20, 2002
Gosselin Decision from Supreme Court Majority Leaves Ray of Hope for Canada's Poor
Minority Finds Right to Adequate Living Standards
- Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCCPI Press Release

Dec 19, 2002
Verdict of Coroner's Jury into the Death of Kimberly Ann Rogers Recommendations & Rationale: Rogers Inquest jury recommends eliminating lifetime & temporary welfare ban!
Dec 19, 2002

Oppose “Article 23 On Sept. 24, 2002, the Hong Kong government published proposals to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law. The deadline for the consultation period is Dec.r 24, 2002.
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Sign an Online Petition by the Global Coalition Against Article 23 at http://www.againstarticle23.org/en/emailform.php.
Sign the Online Signature Campaign Form Against Article 23 at http://www.againstarticle23.org/join/index.php?action=add
Dec 18, 2002

Take Action on Custody & Access in Your Community Lobby Material from OWNCCA Now Available Divorce Act Amendments Announced by Pamela Cross
Advantages || Disadvantages || Conclusion
Dec 16, 2002

Online Petition to the UNO Human Rights Commission in Geneva Endorse the Human Rights Statement Against Psychiatric Persecution
Dec 14, 2002

A Critical Analysis of the Ontario Disability Support Program Act and Social Citizenship Rights in Ontario By Tanya Hyland, B.A. Hons. A research paper submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts
Dec 12, 2002

The life and death of Kim Rogers - Was it suicide or an accident? Witnesses debate welfare policies by Kate Harries, Ontario Reporter, Toronto Star, Dec. 7
Dec 7, 2002

Victoria Women Boycott BC Govt's Dec 6 Event
Victoria Status of Women Refuses to Participate in Cruel Farce by BC Liberal's Own Marie Antoinette
Victoria Status of Women Action Group media release dd Dec 5
December 6 Speech by Dodie Goldney
Kamloops Women's Resource Centre
Dec 7, 2002
LIFE*SPIN Media Release LIFE*SPIN - Low Income Family Empowerment - Sole Support Parent Information Network announces launch of a research project in London “Impact of Modern Welfare Reforms on the Safety and Equality of Women Abused in Their Intimate Relationships”
Dec 6, 2002
OCAP - Funding Appeal Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Dec 4, 2002
StatsCan has released the PALS report profiling disabilities in Canada as gathered in the 2001 census Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS): A profile of disability in Canada
Dec 4, 2002
Meenu Sikand's Story featured article on International Persons with Disabilities Day from www.coolwomen.org
Dec 3, 2002
View Pictures from the SWAN (Somerset West Action Network) Bus Visit from Ottawa to Sudbury to Attend the Coroner's Inquest into the Death of Kimberly Rogers
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Nov 30, 2002
CCRA now turns its attention on low-income parents Questionnaires sent out to parents claiming the child tax credit asking inappropriate questions - failure to return form threatens a suspension of the Child Tax Benefit
Nov 29, 2002
Another Insult to Canadians with Disabilities Finance Minister John Manley exits from the Commons to Avoid Vote on proposed changes to the Disability Tax Credit
Nov. 29, 2002
NUPGE - Report Card on the Romanow Report Revised Anaylsis
Nov 29, 2002

Final Report of the Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada

(PDF, 2.4 MB)

Guidé par nos valeurs : L'avenir des soins de santé au Canada (PDF, 2.6 MB PDF
Individual chapters available here Les chapitres sont disponibles ici

Nov 28 2002

Disability applicants suffer flawed decision-making of tribunal by Reuel S. Amdur
Case histories of failed appeals underline political tilt of system
Nov. 13, 2002t

GM Labelling: Canada is crawling before industry & USA Council of Canadians
Nov. 13, 2002
Welfare loses human touch Consulting fees could have been better spent being put back into social services by Maggie Hughes - source Straight Goods
Nov. 12 , 2002
Challenging Homelessness and Poverty as Human Rights Violations - Update on CERA's Test Case Litigation
Nov. 11, 2002
Shameful attack by Ottawa on people with disabilities Small tax credit targeted for cutbacks
despite $71 billion in surpluses
- NUPGE
Nov. 3, 2002
P O P E    S Q U A T    I N     D A N G E R Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Emergency Meeting Saturday, November 2, 10:00 AM 1510 King Street West
Oct. 31, 2002
Larger investment in Canada's poorest needed: report Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Media Release
Oct. 31, 2002

Kimberly Rogers Inquest Week 2 Summary: Oct. 21 - 23
Week 2 Summary: Oct. 24

Oct. 24, 2002

A SCAB by Jack London (1876-1916)
Oct. 19, 2002
Degree of Women's Homelessness Underestimated, Study Finds - Sistering & CWHN Press Release
Oct. 18, 2002
Kimberly Rogers Inquest Alerts Updates from public interest groups & media coverage write a letter to the editor
Oct. 17, 2002
Inquest into Kimberly Roger's Death Starts Tuesday
Press Release -
Ontario Social Safety NetWork (OSSN);
Ontario Legal Clinics' Steering Committee on Social Assistance (SCSA); Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
Oct. 11, 2002
Kimberly Rogers Inquest Information #1 National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO-ONAP)
Oct. 9, 2002

Falun Gong Woman Who Exposed Human Rights Abuses on Chinese Cable TV Dies from Police Brutality 20 Wrongful Deaths Confirmed in 21 Days
Sept. 17, 2002

Toronto Woman’s Sister Gains Early Release from Chinese Labour Camp; Canadians Campaign to Rescue Imprisoned Falun Gong Relatives in China
Sept. 11, 2002
PCB Alert: Deadline is Today - Sept 6 - to Comment on
Bennett Hazardous Waste Incinerator in Kirkland Lake
Sept. 6, 2002
The illustration, "St. Jessica & the Dragon," depicts a ferocious looking dragon's head emerging from a closet. A silhouette of a woman in a wheelchair sits in the hallway outside the closet, holding
a sword up and ready for the dragon. Both cast dramatic shadows
Sept. 6, 2002
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union
(CEP) Fairpay Rally - Saturday, Sept. 7th

Sept. 5, 2002
Death Benefits or my diamond in the rough! by Kathleen Williams
Sept. 2, 2002
Friends of Falun Gong Rescue Committee Postcard Campaign asking Prime Minister Jean Cretién to hear the voice of the growing list of Canadians requesting that he clearly & publicly condemn the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China when he meets with Jiang Zemin, President of China, during the APEC Summit in Oct. 2002
Aug. 30, 2002
Help Save the Earth Join DAWN Ontario and others all over the world by participating in the first ever Online Global Poll on the Environment for the UN Earth Summit in Johannesburg
Aug. 27, 2002
2 Pope Squat Appeals from OCAP City Council (Sept 12) and Renovations
Aug. 26, 2002

Amanda Minderlein, living with ASPS DAWN Ontario's Phenomenal Young Women
Aug. 24, 2002

Op/ed: 71st Annual Couchiching Conference in Orillia by Kathleen Williams 
Aug. 19, 2002
We've learned little from Kimberly Rogers's death Globe and Mail, Aug 9, 2002 – Page A13
By Joanne Frenschkowski
 

Aug. 9, 2002
Sign an Open letter to Hong Kong Officials & Citizens re: trial currently underway in HK
Aug. 9, 2002
Vigil for Kimberly Rogers August 12, 2002 in Sudbury & Toronto For the Anniversary of Kimberly's tragic death
Aug. 7, 2002
Medical Savings Accounts, Let's not add to the costs of health care
by: Evelyn L. Forget, Raisa B. Deber, Leslie L. Roos
Sept. 15, 2002

Stamp on the tax! Period. Call on the PM & Liberal Gov't to eliminate the GST on feminine protection products
Aug. 3, 2002

Update on OCAP's   P O P E    S Q U A T OCAP - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
revised Aug. 3, 2002 | July 31, 2002
MPP organizing rockin’ protest Nickel Belt MPP Shelley Martel has organized a
very different kind of 24-hour protest for Wed. July 31, 2002
July 30, 2002
P O P E    S Q U A T   -   Events Calendar OCAP - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Jul
y 25, 2002
Update on HOUSING in Ontario from the Housing and Homelessness Network of Ontario (HHNO) Officials at the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing say that they will release a "guidebook" to the new federal-Ontario housing program in mid-July.
July 15, 2002
Media Contact Information in Ontario listed by Community converted to HTML from a PDF document (271 pages) for the benefit of people using voice output software
July 14, 2002
Ontario Alternative Budget prepared by Ontario Alternative Budget Working Group
a coalition of labour, social action, community & faith groups working to develop alternatives to the Common Sense Revolution of the Harris-Eves Government.

Download Word doc | Download plain text file
 
June 26, 2002
STOP BILL 58 Take Action - Selling any part of Hydro One would be bad for Ontario
June 24, 2002
Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) Ombudsman Asked To Investigate Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal Concerning Failure of Tenant Protection Act & the Rules and Procedures of the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal to meet Ombudsman Fairness Standards
Media Release | Quick Facts | Table of Contents | Submission
June 20, 2002
ACTION ALERT - BILL 118
Voice your opinion on the Conservative gov't voting against
NDP MPP Tony Martin's Bill 118 to raise ODSP

June 13, 2002
Jennifer Keck - Memorial site Age 48, Jennifer Keck, passed away this morning. Jennifer was a mother, partner, writer, professor, advocate and activist living with metastatic breast cancer who gave the Committee to Remember Kimberly Rogers & the Justice with Dignity campaign her intelligence, brilliance, knowledge, principles & driving force
June 12, 2002
Profiting from a manufactured housing crisis: New technical report reveals that investors bank tax-free earnings as tenants struggle to pay rent - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Media Release - Read the technical report (rich text format)
- Fact sheet by Michael Shapcott

June 11, 2002
Tenants Hit with 165% Increase in Tribunal Fees Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal (ORHT) - Media Release
June 10, 2002
Ryerson University's School of Disability Studies First CULTURE CAULDRON -- A cabaret-style evening of short performances of disability-inspired creative work July 3, 2002; 7- 9:00 PM
June 8, 2002
bioJUSTICE - bioDIVERSITY 2002 - Conference Notice
6th International Grassroots Gathering on Genetic Engineering June 7- 9, 2002 Toronto
May 15, 2002
National Housing & Homelessness Network
Province-by-province update: 9 of 10 fail to make the grade
May 15, 2002
JUSTICE WITH DIGNITY Campaign Launched Today
May 15th marks the first anniversary of Kimberly Rogers' court challenge under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms

May 15, 2002
Rally and Homeless Memorial Vigil - in Toronto 6 mths Quebec City housing agreement, but where's the housing?
May 14, 2002
Day of Mourning for Workers killed on the job Address by Wendy Young, NDP Candidate Nipissing
April 28, 2002

Questions for Ernie Eves on Electricity Ontario Elecricity Coalition - A citizens group opposed to the deregulation & privatization of electricity in Ontario
April 26, 2002

Taxpayers pay Baird's doughnuts & dinner
Average monthly bill for Tory minister & staff tops $900
by Richard Brennan, Queen's Park Bureau, Toronto Star

April 11, 2002
Feed the Kids AND Pay the Rent Campaign
Read the FACTS and Get INVOLVED

March 27, 2002
Women & Housing in Canada: Barriers to Equality
Report by CERA - Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation Women’s Housing Program
March 26, 2002
Dining with the Tories! Take Back a Piece of Ontario! Take Back Ontario 2002 Rally & March Ontario Common Front - Toronto - Mar. 22 & 23rd 2002
March 13, 2002
36 hour Hunger Strike by Falun Gong Practitioners to Stop Chinese President’s “Kill without Mercy” Order at Parliament Hill in Ottawa
March 13, 2002
Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto A voluntary, grass roots organization run for & by psychiatric survivors to preserve all aspects of our history
February 26, 2002
Access to the Ontario Disability Support Program Agency Forum and Workshop - March 18, 2002 Hosted by Social Assistance Action Committee
February 22, 2002
Open Letter to PM encouraging Canadian Government to put forward a resolution censuring China for the Violation of Basic Human Rights of it's own citizens
February 21 , 2002

Questions & Answers About Electrictiy Deregulation
from the Ontario Electricity Coalition (OEC)
February 9, 2002

Kimberly Nixon and Human Rights Commentary on the M. Landsberg article: "Rape crisis centre in B.C. endures assault"
January 20, 2002

Falun Gong holds Worldwide 3-Day Vigil 20 Reports of Killings in the Past 22 Days
January 13, 2002

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