Rally for Housing and Public Services! Stop Ford’s Cuts! – Saturday
The Deets:
Saturday November 26, 2011
12:00 p.m. noon
Moss Park (Corner of Sherbourne and Queen St E)
Toronto, ON
The Call Out:
Join the Downtown East STOP THE CUTS Committee…
Rally for Housing and Public Services! Stop Ford’s Cuts!
Food and hot chocolate
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Rob Ford and his cronies are set on destroying all of our public services at a time when we need more! On November 28, Ford and his supporters on council plan to bring forward a budget that will see devastating cuts to services like libraries, child care, shelters, programs at community centres, and more!
On November 29, city council will also be voting on the proposal to SELL OFF over 1,000 units of social housing! This comes at a time when there are 79,000 people on social housing waiting list in Toronto (that list is 10 YEARS LONG!) and thousands of people are on the streets and in the overcrowded and often inadequate shelter system.
Ford expects poor and working people to take a cut — while he hands out increases to cops and contracts out our services to corporations.
The Downtown East neighborhood is one of the poorest urban communities in all of Canada. We have seen and felt the affects of poverty for far too long and know all too well what cuts to public services will mean. But this is also a community of amazing resilience and we are fighting back!
Join us on Saturday, November 26th as we rally for public services and begin to take back our neighborhood and our city!
We demand:
STOP THE CUTS!
EXPAND SERVICES FOR ALL!
STOP THE HANDOUTS TO COPS and CORPORATIONS!
SERVICES AT RISK & CUTS IN OUR COMMUNITY
– Sunday Closure of Parliament Street Library and reduced hours during the week
– Sell-off of over 1,000 Toronto Community Housing units, including buildings and houses in this neighborhood
– Priority Funding Cuts & Users Fees for Adults at 3 local Community Centres: John Innes, Regent Park South and Wellesley Community Centre
– Slashing city Childcare and cutting funding for subsidies
– Ongoing attacks on Public Sector Workers, part of a broader move to privatize city services
Join the Downtown East Committee!
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 416-925-6939
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