OCAP

Anti-Poverty March Disrupts Liberal Convention - Toronto

Vegan Avenger — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:10:51 +0000

Community members March on Liberal Convention in Toronto on March 22nd, 2014 demanding the Government take action to end poverty.

AW@L Radio - Smash the State Report: Mar. 22, 2013

Dan Kellar — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:59:07 +0000

Actions and activities going on across the country for social justice. Here is a weekly round-up of news not covered in the mainstream.

From the March 22nd 2013 edition of AW@L Radio - This show starts with a call out to Melt the Freeze on minimum wage in ontario,

City Must Deal with Crisis in Homeless Shelter System

SandraCuffe — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:25:40 +0000

Subhead:

Press Conference & Rally at Seaton House

Thu Jun 14

city:

Toronto

Venue:

Seaton House

Address:

339 George Street

organizer contact:

OCAP: (416) 925-6939, or cell (416) 826-4796, www.ocap.ca, ocap@tao.ca

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Link:

http://www.ocap.ca

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2012

CITY MUST DEAL WITH CRISIS IN HOMELESS SHELTER SYSTEM

PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY AT SEATON HOUSE, 339 GEORGE STREET
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 10.30 AM

On Tuesday, June 12th, there was a major violent incident at Seaton
House men’s shelter – a shelter resident was struck on the head with a

Occupying housing from the Pope Squat to Occupy Toronto

Mick Sweetman — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:55:28 +0000

Looking at the experiences of past political squats as Occupy Toronto moves to take new ones.

It was a sweltering afternoon in late July 2002 when the armoured vehicles of the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force pulled up in front of our building. Quickly we started barricading the door with an old desk, if they were coming to kick us out we weren't going to make it easy for them. We waited tensely as the cops approached the door with submachine guns drawn. Our crime?

The Jaggi Singh trial from inside the courtroom

Carmelle Wolfson — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:31:12 +0000

Ideas are being put on trial in Canada. This became clear sitting in the courtroom at Toronto's Old City Hall on Thursday, April 28.

20 YEARS OF THE ONTARIO COALITION AGAINST POVERTY (OCAP)

OCAP — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:57 +0000

20 Years of Fighting to Win

Saturday November 27th, 2010
Cecil Street Community Centre - 58 Cecil Street, Toronto
6:30 pm – 1 am

Sliding scale - $0 to $100

Community Dinner, Re-enactments, Music, the OCAP Awards, Toasts and Roasts.

Twenty years ago in November, the founding conference of the Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) took place.

Interview with Gaetan Heroux

DannyLiberty — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:58:06 +0000

Word of Mouth Mouth Wednesday 7-8pm on CKLN 88.1 FM

Resist the G20 Allan Gardens is located in downtown Toronto, more info at OCAP.ca

OCAP Raise the Rates Rally and March on the McGuinty Government

Candace Mooers — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:06:01 +0000

On April 15th, 700 People Marched to Demand a 40% Raise in Welfare and Disability Rates and a Re-instatement of the Special Diet

On March 25th 2010, the Ontario legislature passed the 2010 Ontario Provincial Budget. The budget cut the vital "Special Diet" programme for people on Welfare and Disability in the province.

This 29-minute radio documentary tells the story of poor communities fighting back.

April 15th: Raise The Rates - Rally and March on the McGuinty Government

Mick Sweetman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:22:57 +0000

Thu Apr 15

city:

Toronto

Venue:

Allan Gardens Park

Address:

Sherbourne and Gerrard

Cost:

Free

organizer contact:

ocap@tao.ca

April 15th: Raise The Rates - Rally and March on the McGuinty Government
Submitted by ocap on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 21:47.

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
12 Noon
Allan Gardens Park (Sherbourne and Gerrard)
*Free Meal

WE DEMAND:
-Raise Welfare and Disability rates by 40% now!
-Stop the attacks: Give us the Special Diet!
-Defend Public Services

Defiant poor pack rowdy public meeting

Mick Sweetman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:41:48 +0000

Toronto — Over 75 poor and working people held a rowdy public meeting Friday evening at St. Luke's church at Sherbourne and Carlton. The meeting followed the Ontario budget announcement that cut the Special Diet supplement for people on social assistance.

Poverty activists use fake transfers to ride streetcars

Mick Sweetman — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:51:43 +0000

Linchpin.ca

TORONTO — At a streetcar stop at Queen and Bay streets Saturday about 50 anti-poverty activists boarded a westbound streetcar after showing the driver protest “transfers” made by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in what they called a “pilot program” for fighting the fare hike.

Hundreds protest suspension of social assistance health benefit

Andrew Mindszenthy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:11:26 +0000

Community occupies Metro Hall after City refuses to process Special Diet applications

TORONTO -- On December 8, 150-200 people living on social assistance, mostly women, immigrant/refugees and parents, occupied the City of Toronto’s central welfare office in Metro Hall to demand access to the Special Diet Benefit, a modest allowance that helps people with health conditions afford appropriate food.