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Province-Wide Video Tour
Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE is teaming up with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and local community allies to take on an important message on the road. The latest Provincial budget stands to deepen the crisis of poverty in Ontario by freezing social assistance rates and delaying planned increases in child benefits.
Please help to circulate the information about each stop to locals and members in the area. We encourage you to attend the tour stop and join us in our demand for an increase in social assistance rates to a level where poor people can live with dignity. We are also demanding a full restoration of the Special Diet – a food supplement program which provided up to $250 a month for those who could not afford health food – which was gutted by the Liberal government in 2011.
Click Here to see the response to this initiative by Premier Dalton McGuinty
Can’t attend a tour stop? You can also watch the video below.
Tour stops are coming to a city near you!
| City | Address | Date and Time | Media |
| NORTH BAY | Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 23 – 150 First Avenue West | Thursday, Mar. 22 @ 10am – 11am | North Bay Nugget CKAT News |
| SUDBURY | CUPE Office – 868 Falconbridge Rd., Unit 5 | Thursday, Mar. 22, @ 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Sudbury Star |
| GUELPH | Library Main Branch – 100 Norfolk St. | Monday, Apr. 2 @ 10am – 11am | Guelph Tribune |
| KITCHENER | Downtown Community Centre – 35B Weber St., West | Monday, Apr. 2 @ 2pm – 3pm | The Record |
| HAMILTON | HDLC Classroom – 1130 Barton St. E. | Tuesday, Apr. 3 @ 10am – 11am |
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| ST. CATHARINES | Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 418 – 292-296 Vine St. N. | Tuesday, Apr. 3 @ 2pm – 3pm |
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| OSHAWA | Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 043 – 471 Simcoe St. S. | Wednesday, Apr. 4 @ 10am – 11am | CHEX TV |
| BELLEVILLE | Public Library, Seminar Room – 254 Pinnacle St. | Wednesday, Apr. 4 @ 2pm – 3pm | |
| LONDON | Royal Canadian Legion, Back Room | Tuesday, Apr. 10 @ 11am – 12pm | London Community News |
| SARNIA | Main Library, 2nd floor | Tuesday,, Apr. 10 @ 2pm – 3pm | The Observer |
| WINDSOR | Library, Riverside Branch, Meeting Room | Wednesday, Apr. 11 @ 10am – 11am |
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| KINGSTON | Central Library, Chown Room | Thursday, Apr. 12 @ 12pm – 1pm |
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| CORNWALL | Library, Program Room | Friday, Apr. 13 @ 10am – 11am | Standard Freeholder |
| OTTAWA | TBD | Friday, Apr. 13 @ 2pm – 3pm | |
| TORONTO | TBD | TBD |
