Freedom 90 commits to raising its voice to demand an end
to poverty and an end
to the need for food banks and emergency meal programs in
Ontario. |
| July 25, 2014 |
| Put Food in the Budget - Mike Balkwill - Provincial Organizer |
| Put Food in the Budget visits north western Ontario and listens ... |
 I accepted Kathy Campbell's invitation to visit north western Ontario to meet people and listen to them tell me how poverty is different in Red Lake and other communities. Between July 2 and July 11 I visited Thunder Bay, Atikokan, Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Lookout and Ignace. |
| Click here for this and other stories on the PFIB website |
| March 25, 2014 (recently noted) |
| The Power of One |
| Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. |
| We need to wake up, and realize that helping those less fortunate than us is not an act of charity, it's our obligation. We need to pick up the slack, acknowledge that out government doesn't have the solutions, or doesn't want to fix the problem. We need to take action! |
| Click here to read the full blog post on The Power of One website |
| August 5, 2014 |
| Canada Without Poverty |
| Top 10 Reasons Why Poverty must be Eliminated in Canada |
 At Canada Without Poverty, our goal is to eliminate poverty in Canada. With widespread systemic change, including a federal anti-poverty plan grounded in human rights principles, we believe that poverty truly can be eliminated in Canada. And poverty must be eliminated.
Here are the top 10 reasons why ...
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| Click here to read the full article on the Canada Without Poverty website |
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