Help for the Vulnerable

If Ontario is doing so well – why are so many people falling behind?

Some 443,000 Ontario children live in poverty. Thousands of families are waiting for basic necessities of life like affordable housing and child care. And autistic children continue to go without the treatment they need to learn, grow and prosper.

New Democrats stand up for our most vulnerable citizens. We believe in an Ontario that holds limitless opportunities for people – and prosperity that can be shared and enjoyed by all citizens, because everyone matters.

Dalton McGuinty promised positive change. Instead of progress, we’re seeing the same old approach – too many people in our wealthy province falling through the cracks, being left to fend for themselves.

Helping our most vulnerable citizens – now there’s a fresh idea. Let’s build that affordable housing. Let’s create more child care spaces. Let’s provide treatment to every autistic child who needs it. And let’s stop the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement – which robs $1,500 a year from our poorest children.

Prue demands answers on 2 Secord explosion and fire

date: May 28, 2009 - 4:00pm

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Beaches—East York NDP MPP Michael Prue is demanding to know why the McGuinty government has remained silent on last summer’s transformer explosion and fire at 2 Secord Avenue.

Nearly 1,000 residents at 2 Secord, a highrise located in Prue’s riding, were evacuated from their homes on July 20, 2008. Some of the residents have not returned to their apartments.

Filed Under: Help for the Vulnerable | Michael Prue | Housing | Consumer & Business Services

Amber Alert review needs public input: Marchese

date: May 27, 2009 - 9:00am

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In the wake of the Tori Stafford case, NDP MPP Rosario Marchese is supporting the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) review of the Amber Alert system and wants to ensure the public is given the opportunity to participate.

Filed Under: Help for the Vulnerable | Rosario Marchese | Children | Community Safety and Correctional Services

Minister mum on fate of kids’ mental health service

date: May 5, 2009 - 10:00am

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NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is fighting to save a groundbreaking, London-based website and youth engagement program, which shut down Friday due to lack of funding after three years of helping Ontario’s young people overcome their mental health problems.

Filed Under: Help for the Vulnerable | Andrea Horwath, Leader | Children | Children and Youth Services

Hamilton poverty report a ‘call for action’: Horwath

date: April 17, 2009 - 9:00pm

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Calling it Ontario’s “canary in a coal mine”, Ontario’s NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said a report on Hamilton poverty contains warnings that the McGuinty government must heed.

The Incomes and Poverty in Hamilton report was issued jointly in Hamilton today by the Social Planning and Research Council and the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton. Horwath is concerned about the reported increase in poverty among children under 6, to 26.4 per cent from 25.2 per cent between 2000 and 2005.

Filed Under: Help for the Vulnerable | Andrea Horwath, Leader | Poverty