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Presentation to the Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness

Background on the piece

Janet Gasparini of the Social Planning Council of Sudbury was presenting at the Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness. Funded by Public Services Foundation of Canada (PSFC) and chaired by PSFC Chair Judy Wasylycia-Leis, the Commission visited 12 Ontario communities in early 2012. The Commission heard from frontline workers, public service users, community groups, and experts on public services and taxation. Visit http://www.standupontario.org to hear what others had to say.

Submissions in Response to Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper #2

The Social Assistance Review Commissioners asked for any submissions in response to their Discussion paper #2 by March 16, 2012.

Poverty Free Ontario has no central coordinating resources to enable any organizing around this but we did provide a PFO Bulletin and Call to Action resulting from our last cross-community tele-call in February.

A number of communities have used these materials and their own local discussions to get their views in, all very consistent with the conversation that we had in February.Click on the link below to see the submissions received by Poverty Free Ontario.

Submissions in Response to Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper #2

Putting a Face to Social Assistance
by the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

Call for Cross-Community Action on Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper #2

People and organizations in communities across Ontario who are concerned about the intolerable living conditions of recipients of Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) are urged to send a message to Commissioners Frances Lankin and Munir Sheikh regarding their Discussion Paper #2 released on February 2, 2012.

PFO Bulletin #9 accompanying this call to action offers an analysis which all are encouraged to use in their communications to the Commissioners. A meeting/tele-conference of 35 PFO leaders in 19 communities on Feb. 10 identified the following questions and key messages as priorities for communication to the Commissioners: