OK some of the candidates have signs - big deal!
Ok we now see some signs from some of the candidates, I just hope they are pounding the pavement because they appear to have done little else. Where are the press releases, where are the position papers just what do they think? I see that the Northumberland News has a list of candidates here and the Cobourg Daily Star has one here. I am working on a page that will reflect how I think based on what I see so if the candidates want to get ink from me they had better do something to get noticed. A final point it seems that the hardest working campaigners so far are the incumbents, maybe that will change this week when Dean McCaughey runs out of friends lawns and Peter Delanty has run through the local Liberal Party's sign list.
On a completely different vein I see that there will be a "domino run" of cereal boxes to draw attention to the fact some people can't afford to buy food. I don't get it why, is so much energy put into being "Lady Bountifuls" and not enough effort being put into forcing the governments to pay poor people more. Ending the child tax credit clawback and raising the minimum wage would be much more helpful than stacking boxes of cereal.
On a completely different vein I see that there will be a "domino run" of cereal boxes to draw attention to the fact some people can't afford to buy food. I don't get it why, is so much energy put into being "Lady Bountifuls" and not enough effort being put into forcing the governments to pay poor people more. Ending the child tax credit clawback and raising the minimum wage would be much more helpful than stacking boxes of cereal.
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Enjoyed seeing your comment on that silly Domino exercise in Port Hope that they think helps to end poverty through cereal.
If folks really want to know how to end poverty they should come to the Health Unit next Tuesday, October 17th, at 1:30 pm. The Northumberland Legal Centre and Coalition Against Poverty are co-hosting a session that we hope will light some fires under those who purport to "help" people.
The members of NCAP promise an enlightening but hard look at the local charitable programs in our area: the good, the bad, and the ugly, along with an examination of the terrible effects of poor bashing.
We hope to have some of the social service providers squirming in their seats when they recognise themselves as part of the problem, and learn how their efforts only postpone the day that low income people get some much deserved justice.
Along with this piece, our guest speaker is Sarah Blackstock, Policy Analyst at the Income Advocacy Centre in Toronto.
Sarah will provide her analysis of the recently released report from the National Council of Welfare called "Welfare Incomes 2005". This report shows that parents on welfare actually receive less money now than they did when the National Child Benefit was begun. How's that for justice?
Our event is free and all are welcome. To register call Deb at (905) 373-4464 or 1 800-850-7882.
DJO
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