Poverty must be on agenda for Vaughan by-election
Conditions for Ontario poor worsened under McGuinty Liberals,anti-poverty groups challengeToronto, ON – Conditions for the poor in Ontario have worsened significantly under the McGuinty Liberals and because of the by-election, Vaughan voters have a rare opportunity to push the government to do something about it, anti-poverty groups said at a press conference today outside the campaign headquarters of Liberal candidate Del Duca."The Liberals like to paint themselves as a compassionate centrist party, but the reality is that they've abandoned people in this province who are struggling to feed their families," said Carrie Lynn Poole-Cotnam, chair of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario's social services workers coordinating committee. "We urge Vaughan voters to hold the Liberals accountable and to make poverty a key issue in these last days of the election."read more
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