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Press Release: Raise The Minimum Wage

Jan 13, 2014 Health Care Providers Join Growing Calls To Raise Ontario’s Minimum Wage TORONTO – As the Ontario government gears up for the next provincial budget Health Providers Against Poverty will hold a press conference. Where: Queens Park Media Studio, Ontario Legislature. When: Tuesday January 14th at 10.30 a.m. The news conference will be the latest in a […]

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Press Release: Health Providers Demand Restoration of CSUMB

Dec 13, 2012 Health Providers Demand Restoration of Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit TORONTO – Health Providers Against Poverty are joining anti-poverty activists across the province to call for a stop to cuts to the Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB). The provincial Liberal’s are set to eliminate the CSUMB that some 16,000 people on […]

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Press Release: HPAP Applauds Social Assistance Review Report

Oct 25, 2015 Health Providers Against Poverty Applauds Social Assistance Review Report TORONTO – Health Providers Against Poverty congratulates Social Assistance Review Commissioners Frances Lankin and Munir Sheikh on a bold set of recommendations aimed at radically reforming Ontario’s Social Assistance system. The report, released yesterday, recommends an overhaul of supports for individuals on social […]