ACORN - TODAY WE MARCH! TOMORROW WE VOTE! RESPECT People. RESPECT Work. RESPECT Communities. RALLY AT: QUEEN’S PARK, TORONTO 1PM, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2007 Ontario ACORN and community allies will be rallying at Queen's Park on August 18 to demand immediate action from the provincial government. The demonstration will launch the Ontario ACORN People's Platform, a coherent strategy for tackling poverty across the province. Ontario ACORN Members Demand that the Provincial Government immediately enact measures to alleviate the poverty currently experienced by 1.8 million people in Ontario (14.5% of the population). Demand action from the McGuinty government: 1). Tenants Rights / Rent Freeze / Rent Control! 2). $10 Minimum Wage Now! 3). Reign in Payday Lending! 4). Public Social Housing, Not Private! 5). $1.9 Billion for Affordable Housing Now! 6). Recognize International Credentials! 7). Community Access to Public Schools! 8). Increase Social Assistance Rates By 40%! 9). Adequate Addiction Services Funding! 10). Stop Poison Paint, Lead Hazard Reduction Now! Working families in Ontario are feeling the pressure from all angles: stagnant low wages and job losses in combination with inflation and high rents are heightening poverty in Ontario. In the manufacturing sector alone, over 150,000 Ontario jobs have been lost in the past two years, despite last year’s corporate profits soaring to over $200 billion. Our provincial government is failing us and we demand immediate action. Today we march, tomorrow we vote! Call ACORN for more information, including bus departure times from locations throughout the Greater Toronto Area -- 416-461-9233 -- 1324 Danforth Ave M4J 1M9 JOIN ACORN AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE! www.canada.acorn.org ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1200+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html