Let Them Eat Cake:Poor and Hungry In Ontario 

Come to a Town Hall Meeting: 
Discuss with our expert panelists the link between poverty and illness, the serious consequences of inadequate social assistance rates, and the recent cuts to the special diet benefit made by the McGuinty Liberal government. 

Moderator: 
Joan Lesmond, President, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) 

Panelists: 
- Dr. Dennis Raphael, PhD - Health policy expert and author of "Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives" 
- Dr. Tara Kiran, MD, CCFP - Family physician working with low income families 
- Kathy Hardill, RNEC -Street nurse and long time homeless advocate 
- Two social assistance recipients - who will speak about their struggles and the impact of the special diet benefit on the lives of their families. 

Join us Thursday December 15th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at St. Michael's Hospital Auditorium, 30 Bond Street, Toronto (Queen Street entrance - by TTC go to Queen Subway Station and walk a half block east to the hospital) 




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Krissa Fay, MSW
Health Promotion Consultant
Health Promotion Affiliate
Canadian Health Network 
c/o The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
180 Dundas Street W., Suite 1900
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
T (416) 408 -2249 x 275
F (416) 408-2122
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www.canadian-health-network.ca
The Health Promotion Affiliate is a joint project of the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse and the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto

Mark your calendars for OPC's 20th Anniversary conference - Moving Upstream Together, Feb 21-22 2006, visit www.opc.on.ca

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