@OCAPtoronto

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto. We fight to win.

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Joined February 2011
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For my followers in other countries, this is a common experience at cafes, homes, and ground-level retail shops across the United States. We built all these buildings directly in the way of reckless/speeding drivers, and they’re not happy about it!!
Fifty Shades of Whey
@davenewworld_26 Mar 2023
Holy shit. A car smashed through a cafe while they were recording a podcast. 😳
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Really?? Best before date is not the cause of food insecurity. The government knows exactly what is causing food insecurity--anything to distract from the real problem. Smh
CityNews Toronto
@CityNewsTO5 Jul 2023
Canadians’ misunderstanding of best before dates could be contributing to excess food waste and, in turn, food insecurity, experts say as a government committee urges Ottawa to examine the issue. toronto.citynews.ca/2023/07/…

Ottawa urged to look into best before date system in bid to reduce grocery waste

Canadians’ misunderstanding of best before dates could be contributing to excess food waste and, in turn, food insecurity, experts say as a government committee urges Ottawa to examine the issue.  A...

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food is too expensive these days to be throwing away smh
CityNews Toronto
@CityNewsTO5 Jul 2023
Canadians’ misunderstanding of best before dates could be contributing to excess food waste and, in turn, food insecurity, experts say as a government committee urges Ottawa to examine the issue. toronto.citynews.ca/2023/07/…

Ottawa urged to look into best before date system in bid to reduce grocery waste

Canadians’ misunderstanding of best before dates could be contributing to excess food waste and, in turn, food insecurity, experts say as a government committee urges Ottawa to examine the issue.  A...

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“Do you represent us as injured workers? Do you represent our families who hurt when we are hurting? So today, we’re sending a message that we’re not going to back down. It’s about respect for injured workers.” - Andria Babbington @torontolabour President, #InjuredWorkersDay
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Thinking the time is ripe for an @OCAPtoronto successor to enter the stage, and take the fight up a notch Begging the City and Province to act humanely, in accordance with international human rights law hasn't worked well, in the years since OCAP was a force to be reckoned with
CathyCrowe @cathycrowe.bsky.social 🇨🇦@cathyacrowe7 Feb 2023
Articulating, deputing, declaring, witnessing, begging, praying, speaking, gathering, rallying, dying-in, crying. This is what WE have been doing, desperate to achieve the most basic human right. Shelter. The response is now in @JohnTory’s hands. @SHJNetwork @StoneSoupNet
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Ontario Coalition Against Poverty @OCAPtoronto had a profoundly positive and important impact on framing who belongs in our city. Thanks for all your work.
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It can't be overstated just how important @OCAPtoronto was in advocating for social justice in Ontario, especially during the horrific Mike Harris era. #onpoli
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okay children open your books, today we're gonna learn about general strikes
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Cops arrested Jordn, an Indigenous man living in a tiny shelter in Clarence Square Park. Pick up your phones right now to call 52 Division and demand Jordn's immediate release! More info below. Thanks to @ESNParkdale
ESN Parkdale@ESNParkdale25 Jun 2022
Full phone zap info coming ASAP Call 52 Division to demand Jordn’s immediate release (416) 808-5200 Details of the dubious arrest and additional numbers to call in images
This evening, while the people of Toronto were reeling from the overturning of Roe V. Wade and/or gearing up for Pride weekend, the Toronto Police decided to descend on the encampment in Clarence Square downtown and arrest one of the residents, an Indigenous man named Jordn. Jordn, who has lived in his tiny shelter in Clarence Square for the better part of a year, was targeted and harassed by the City of Toronto, private security, and TPS last month, who threatened his arrest and the removal of his shelter based on an outdated warrant from Montreal, a warrant based on charges that have since been dropped.

ALT This evening, while the people of Toronto were reeling from the overturning of Roe V. Wade and/or gearing up for Pride weekend, the Toronto Police decided to descend on the encampment in Clarence Square downtown and arrest one of the residents, an Indigenous man named Jordn. Jordn, who has lived in his tiny shelter in Clarence Square for the better part of a year, was targeted and harassed by the City of Toronto, private security, and TPS last month, who threatened his arrest and the removal of his shelter based on an outdated warrant from Montreal, a warrant based on charges that have since been dropped.

TPS has not informed anyone, including his legal team, of why Jordn was arrested today, or why he is being held at Division 52. A witness on the scene states that two bike cops were questioning park goers and gesturing towards the encampment, and that a verbal exchange between Jordn and the cops about harassing people in the park resulted in a call for backup. The witness to the arrest also states that during Jordn’s arrest, it was only after multiple people on site repeatedly asked why the arrest was happening that the leading officer said “I believe we have a warrant for his arrest”. Jordn was not served with a warrant at the time of his arrest.

ALT TPS has not informed anyone, including his legal team, of why Jordn was arrested today, or why he is being held at Division 52. A witness on the scene states that two bike cops were questioning park goers and gesturing towards the encampment, and that a verbal exchange between Jordn and the cops about harassing people in the park resulted in a call for backup. The witness to the arrest also states that during Jordn’s arrest, it was only after multiple people on site repeatedly asked why the arrest was happening that the leading officer said “I believe we have a warrant for his arrest”. Jordn was not served with a warrant at the time of his arrest.

We suspect that TPS doesn’t have a warrant and that Jordn has been arrested and held by the police as yet another act of terror and intimidation against the unhoused population of this City. The so-called warrant doesn’t exist, as it was nullified when the Montreal crown attorney’s office dropped the old charges. After being alerted to this fact, Division 52 conveniently cannot locate Jordn’s arresting officers to confirm why he was arrested. We are asking for people to call Division 52 and demand that Jordn be released immediately.

ALT We suspect that TPS doesn’t have a warrant and that Jordn has been arrested and held by the police as yet another act of terror and intimidation against the unhoused population of this City. The so-called warrant doesn’t exist, as it was nullified when the Montreal crown attorney’s office dropped the old charges. After being alerted to this fact, Division 52 conveniently cannot locate Jordn’s arresting officers to confirm why he was arrested. We are asking for people to call Division 52 and demand that Jordn be released immediately.

Division 52: 416-808-5200; 52division@torontopolice.on.ca Superintendent Gregory Cole (Unit Commander) 416-808-5214 Inspector Brett Nicol (2nd In Command) 416-808-5213 Constable Anthony Lamanna (Community Relations Officer): 416-808-5208 Constable John Ahn Neighbourhood Community Officer Team #1 Mobile: 647-309-5139

ALT Division 52: 416-808-5200; [email protected] Superintendent Gregory Cole (Unit Commander) 416-808-5214 Inspector Brett Nicol (2nd In Command) 416-808-5213 Constable Anthony Lamanna (Community Relations Officer): 416-808-5208 Constable John Ahn Neighbourhood Community Officer Team #1 Mobile: 647-309-5139

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Hannah Alberga@HannahAlberga13 Jun 2022
The city is confirming to @CTVToronto that at least half of the residents who were cleared from the Clarence Square encampment yesterday returned just hours later. toronto.ctvnews.ca/at-least-…

At least half of Toronto encampment residents return to Clarence Square after city clearing

At least half of the residents living at a small park in downtown Toronto returned just hours after the city partially cleared their encampment on Sunday.

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We spoke directly with @globalnewsto today and answered all the questions drafted up by @isaaccallan yet the piece they ended up running today only contained commentary from the city and TO police. This is not how you run a story on an encampment eviction. globalnews.ca/news/8915077/c…

City staff remove 8 tents, 3 people from downtown Toronto park - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

The city removed eight unoccupied tents from Clarence Square, just north of the Rogers Centre, but left one tent and one temporary housing structure in place.

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Doug Johnson Hatlem@djjohnso12 Jun 2022
Replying to @isaaccallan
@isaaccallan there are clear public statements from @ESNParkdale online, I offered directly to speak to Global reporters on scene, and we have cooperated w/Global stories repeatedly Writing a story with only police/City comment and not other side is propaganda, not journalism
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Toronto's decision to dismantle Clarence Square this morning is an escalation in their war against the poor. The City had an opportunity to provide housing like in Dufferin Grove last year. Instead to they chose violence. Clearing Clarence Square will have a ripple effect: /1
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In all cases, clearing Clarence Square means more people are pushed to the streets. But this will only lead to more encampments in the near future. Toronto again chooses to just kick the can down the road instead of taking real action. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/e… /4

With Toronto police on hand, city workers clear small encampment in downtown park | CBC News

City workers, with Toronto police officers on standby, cleared a small encampment in a downtown park early Sunday.

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Again, let's be clear: This is an act of violence & an escalation in their war against the poor. We will not forget this, City Hall will never bring us justice. We must continue to organize power from below. Together we will bring the fight to liberate housing. /5
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So Toronto Mayor Tory has now "privatized" the criminalization of poverty. With two sole sourced "security" contracts totalling $1m given the mandate to keep poor people from setting up living quarters in parks like Trinity Bellwoods. Shame! @OCAPtoronto #canlab #nooneisillegal
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Our friends at @RisingTideTor did a thing! #WetsuwetenStrong #RCMPOffTheYintah #Indigenous #LandBack #WetsuwetenSolidarity
Rising Tide Toronto@RisingTideTor10 Jun 2022
Today we paid a visit to Marco Mendicino's office to demand the RCMP get off the Yintah immediately! @marcomendicino is the Minister of Public Safety and responsible for the RCMP across Canada.The RCMP have been trespassing on Wet'suwet'en territory.
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