Ontario Election 2007
Ask your candidates to Make Poverty History!
Despite years of economic growth, 1.3 million Ontarians, including 1 in 6 children, live in poverty and many more are only one or two pay cheques away. It doesn't need to be this way. Lessons learned from the UK, Sweden and Ireland, and right here in Canada - in Quebec and Newfoundland - show that Poverty Reduction Plans work to reduce poverty and build healthier, more cohesive societies. You can help make poverty an Ontario election issue! The 2007 provincial election is an opportunity to press parties and candidates to commit a plan to make poverty history in Ontario. By filling in the form below, you can send a message to candidates in your riding, asking them if they support the goals of Make Poverty History and if they and their party will commit to developing a Poverty Reduction Plan for Ontario with a target of 25% reduction in the poverty rate within 5 years http://action.makepovertyhistory.ca/eactivist/user/userC.jsp?14225&EXAMIN=1

Be sure to pass it on to everyone you know in Ontario

How do you stay healthy when you live on the street? In this unique NFB Filmmaker-in-Residence project, four photographers who have experienced homelessness — Adrienne, Jess, Keneisha, and Meghan — document the stories of 28 homeless men and women through audio recordings and portrait-photography.

Click here to see a short preview for STREET HEALTH STORIES, an 8 minute film which premiers on CBC News on Sunday, September 23 at 10 a.m.. The film presents the stories and statistics of the Street Health Report 2007 (see above), with portraits and the voices of survey participants. For more information visit www.nfb.ca/streethealthstories.

http://www.streethealth.ca/home.htm

More on the Victims who are homeless and helped make the film.

http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence/blog/?cat=4

THE STREET HEALTH REPORT 2007 presents the results of a survey on the health status and needs of homeless adults in downtown Toronto.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND STORY BLOG. Street Health has conducted two "Photovoice" projects, called A day in the life and Asleep in Toronto, through which homeless people present their experiences. The blog, created and updated by Nancy Halifax, showcases some of the project photographs.

http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/

Street Health Report 2007

Get Political.

 Vote for politicians who are committed to poverty reduction and to addressing issues of

Homelessness. Information about how to vote and what candidates are running in your

riding can be found at: www.electionsontario.on.ca

http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/

. Ask candidates what they are doing

to address poverty and homelessness. Call, send an email or attend an all candidates

meeting.

 Organize a group to meet with your City Councillor, Member of Provincial Parliament or

Member of Parliament. Bring them a copy of The Street Health Report 2007. Ask them what they are doing to address the recommendations in the Street Health Action Plan.

http://www.streethealth.ca/Downloads/BeSolution.pdf

E-mail, or print and send it in the mail, give it to them at an All candidates meeting, whatever. Take Action you could be next. Anyone can become homeless. This is the New reality many have to live with day after day. Prevention is possible if we all come together. If everyone Cared wouldn't it be wonderful. Be part of the solution. Let your voice be heard. It is time to break the silence. Wake up and speak up. Say no to poverty. It should not be a crime to be poor.

http://www.streethealth.ca/home.htm

Annual Reports

http://www.streethealth.ca/publications.htm

Written after Mike Harris took Power in Ontario
Pertaining to those on Welfare and Liveing in Poverty In Ontario. Yes it is true.