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TORONTO, ON – People from across the province will march on the Liberal Convention in Toronto this Saturday, calling on the Wynne government to “Stop the War on the Poor.”
Groups will participate from across Toronto, as well as from Sudbury, Hamilton, Kitchener/Waterloo, Kingston and Ottawa. They will converge on the convention to ensure Liberal delegates and politicians hear their message that it is time to stop starving people who are poor or disabled. They are calling on the government to:
- Raise Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program to restore the 55 percent loss in value since cuts made by Conservatives in 1995
- Provide a $14/hour minimum wage fully indexed to inflation
- Fully restore the Special Diet and Community Start-Up benefits
- Commit to not merging Ontario Works and the ODSP
Rally participants include CUPE Ontario, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty, the Kingston Coalition Against Poverty, Poverty Makes us Sick Ottawa, Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty, Sistering and the Kitchener/Waterloo Coalition Against Poverty.
WHO: CUPE Ontario and Raise the Rates Campaign partners; speakers include Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario and Liisa Schofield, spokesperson for Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
WHAT: Rally and March to Liberal Convention
WHERE: Assembling at Metro Hall, King & John, Toronto; March to Metro Toronto Convention Centre
WHEN: Saturday, March 22, assembling at 1:00 p.m.
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For more information or to arrange interviews, please contact
Craig Saunders, CUPE Communications, 416-576-7316
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