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Letter on the Importance of Maintaining The Special Diet Allowance in Ontario
March 22, 2010 TO: Hon. Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services CC: Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario Hon. Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Hon. Dwight Duncan, Minister of Finance Members of the Social Assistance Review Advisory Council RE: Maintaining the Special Diet Allowance Dear Minister Meilleur, We urge you…
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Press Release: Health Providers Urge Government To Maintain Special Diet Allowance
Mar 22, 2010 Health Providers and Anti-Poverty Advocates Urge Government To Maintain Special Diet Today, 18 organizations issued an open letter to Minister Meilleur, calling for her commitment to maintain the Special Diet Allowance. This supplement is available to people on social assistance with health problems, and can make a big difference in their ability to afford food…
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Inappropriate Handling of Special Diet Allowance Forms in Ontario
Feb 4, 2010 Health Providers Against Poverty is quite concerned about a directive issue by the Minister of Community and Social Services that allows front line social service workers to invalidate the medical opinions of physicians as provided on Special Diet Allowance forms. This not only undermines the medical profession, but also threatens the dignity…
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