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Perth, Ontario
Joined August 2015
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Let's celebrate the all-party support Bill C-22 got today!
Disability rights is non-partisan, and this spirit of cooperation among the different parties is what we need to continue if people with disabilities are to get money in their bank accounts as early as possible.
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I met up @Disability_WP + @TheTableCFC who held a rally on the Hill asking parliamentarians to fast-track the Govt's bill, #C22, which would create a new financial benefit for working-age people w/ a #disability. Read more: ow.ly/4vK150LfNII @CQualtro #cdnpoli #SenCA
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Strength in numbers. So glad to be joined by our community partners @TheTableCFC, @ocfp_cfaco & MP @BonitaZarrillo to advocate for a #CanadaDisabilityBenefitNow.
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We know that when people eat well, they stay healthier and are more likely to control chronic diseases and perhaps even avoid them. How do we put these findings into action, especially for those who can't afford it? Have doctors write food RX's & more buff.ly/2U3lDjR
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"When you are poor, living precariously with limited options re accommodations, work and transportation, food goes low down on the hierarchy of needs." ow.ly/ohNU30ntMdt #poverty #CanadaFoodGuide
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Happy to support and take part in @ATEH_OTT's annual community forum today. We're among impressive company, all with the common goal to #endhomelessness in #Ottawa.
Full house @ATEH_OTT such an important conversation about ending homelessness . Beliefs and intentions as key drivers of Hamilton leaders to end homelessness. Much to learn.
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The right to housing is essential to resolving Canada’s housing crisis maytree.com/publications/the… via @maytree_canada & @melanieredman #Right2Housing
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In provinces and territories who measured #foodinsecurity in 2015-16, almost two-thirds of food insecure households relied on wages and salaries as their main source of income. #cdnpoli
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RT @DignityForAllCA: The time is right to push for national leadership on poverty in Canada! @DignityForAllCA has drafted a letter to Minister Duclos with recommendations to strengthen Canada's Poverty Reduction Bill. Sign on today! #cdnpoli #poverty dignityforall.ca/open-letter…
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New Evidence to Help Communities Strengthen Coordinated Entry, Assessment, and Support for Youth - mailchi.mp/edu/new-evidence-…
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How do you think Canada should measure poverty? Or how should Canada decide if we're making progress on poverty? If you are impacted by poverty, or support people who are, please complete this important survey to have your say! #ottcity #povertyreduction bit.ly/2sHRQRO
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Full house @ATEH_OTT such an important conversation about ending homelessness . Beliefs and intentions as key drivers of Hamilton leaders to end homelessness. Much to learn.
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"There are multiple contributing factors to food insecurity, including geographic isolation, food literacy and transportation issues, but economic insecurity is at the heart of the matter. Families can’t eat when they don’t have the power to buy"
At least 1 in 6 children live in a home that struggles to put food on the table, w/ the proportion ranging from 16% in British Columbia to 72% in Nunavut (2015-2016 CCHS) bit.ly/2S4N9fg
Learn more about #FoodInsecurity in CDA: bit.ly/2pTsSgI #publichealth
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#Ottawa has a choice: continue investing in emergency response to homelessness, or align every resource we have to achieving the solution - more housing that is affordable to more people. Great points by @adifalco99 @ATEH_OTT
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"People are complex. It is their inherent right as a human to be complex." @adifalco99 @ATEH_OTT #WeCanEndIt @SalusOttawa
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"My work will be guided and informed by my belief in a human right to housing." An important personal mission for those who work to support the homeless. @adifalco99 @ATEH_OTT #WeCanEndIt @SalusOttawa
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"Abandon ideas of perfection. A 5% decrease in homelessness is success. It is progress." @adifalco99 @ATEH_OTT #WeCanEndIt @SalusOttawa
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There are just 10 days left to contribute to the Market Basket Measure survey! Use the @DignityForAllCA survey guide and help make sure Canada's first #poverty line accurately reflects daily costs to live a life of dignity ow.ly/3WWw30nohtV
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#CanadaFoodGuide. How expensive is it to follow? Trace Mackay is worried healthy choices out of reach for many @aplaceforfood
@TheTableCFC #foodinsecurity
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As part of the @DignityForAllCA campaign, we've written an open letter to Min @jyduclos on how Canada can strengthen its #poverty reduction legislation and work to #endpoverty by 2030. Read more and sign the letter here: ow.ly/mc4H30nqbnm #cdnpoli