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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Supreme court refuses autistic parents’ appeal
December 04, 2008. Tracey Tyler, LEGAL AFFAIRS REPORTER
Parents of autistic children say they’ll be planning the next step in their legal battle for better treatment programs now that the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear their latest appeal.
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Ministry of Children and Youth Services – Ontario Newsroom – Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Ontario Sets Target To Reduce Child Poverty 25 Per Cent Over 5 Years
TORONTO, Dec. 4 /CNW/ – NEWS
Ontario’s poverty reduction strategy will reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over 5 years – lifting 90,000 kids out of poverty – by boosting benefits for low-income families and enhancing publicly-funded education.
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – More Ontarians turning to food banks, report says
December 02, 2008. Isabel Teotonio, Staff Reporter
A weakening economy has resulted in the “alarming increase” of Ontarians using food banks – a 13 per cent jump since last fall – according to a report released today by the province’s food banks.
And if the current trend continues, it is projected that next year about 350,000 Ontarians will be using food banks each month, making that an all-time high, said the Ontario Association of Food Banks.
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario/GTA – Social services gap hits 905: Region receiving $193 less in funding per resident than rest of Ontario ‘during economic downturn’
December 02, 2008. Tanya Talaga, Queen’s Park Bureau
The underfunding of social services saddens Elisha Laker of York Region’s family services because he knows how valuable counselling and programs are in helping those facing anxiety, depression and family conflict in harsh economic times.
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
TheStar.com – Toronto & GTA/parentcentral.ca – Child poverty soars in suburbs
December 02, 2008. Noor Javed, Staff Reporter
Toronto suburbs are seeing child poverty increase at an alarming rate, spurred on by population growth that outpaces the social service support needed to accommodate families moving in, according to a report released today by the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – Comprehensive poverty plan is needed now
December 01, 2008
Re:Gifts provide a warm welcome in a hostile city, Nov. 30
It is unfortunate and heartbreaking that a Regent Park single-mother is already concerned about how she will be able to afford Christmas gifts for her children in 2009. Although the Star’s Santa Claus fund is an admirable program, stories such as this one point to the desperate need for the government of Ontario to properly deliver on their poverty reduction strategy this month.
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
TheStar.com – GTA – Poorest areas also most polluted, report shows: Study finds low-income families, already facing low levels of health, are placed at further risk
November 27, 2008. Moira Welsh, Environmental Reporter
Many of Toronto’s poorest residents live near industries that spew the highest levels of toxic chemicals and pollutants into the air, a groundbreaking report has found.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
TheStar.com – living – Women bear brunt of downturn
November 26, 2008. Antonia Zerbisias
We may all be tightening our belts, but women are feeling the biggest pinch.
They will soon be pounding the pavement, many starting in January, when you can bet that their jobs in retail will disappear.
The sale signs are already grim. Consumer confidence is the lowest it’s been since 1982.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion – Province counts its pennies rather than support families: Plan to cut funding for ‘kinship families’ who are raising children cruel and short-sighted
November 25, 2008. Bonnie Buxton
At Queen’s Park on Nov. 4, grandparents and grandchildren looked on as 52 Liberal MPPs defeated a motion by NDP member Paul Miller. The motion asked that the government cancel a recent directive cutting off “Temporary Care Assistance” funding to grandparents raising grandchildren.
I’m among the affected grandparents, and this is not how I expected to spend my sunset years.
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