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Press Release: Ontario Government Sentences Low Income Ontarians to Chronic Illness and Premature Death
Mar 24, 2006 Ontario Government Sentences Low Income Ontarians to Chronic Illness and Premature Death TORONTO – The spring budget released by the Ontario Liberal government on March 23rd raises social assistance rates by a ridiculous 2 percent. This means that the lives of Ontarians surviving on welfare and disability are simply considered to be…
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Letter To Minister of Social Services on Health Crisis Due To Poverty
Sept 8, 2005 A group of Ontario health care providers have written a letter to the Ontario Minister of Community and Social Services, Sandra Pupatello, to express their concern about the negative effects of poverty on their patients’ health after a decade of falling Welfare rates. Download a PDF version of the letter
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Editorial: Pay Now, Or Pay Later
THE TORONTO STAR – May 10, 2005 – Kathy Hardill Read the article here!
Health Providers Against Poverty 