"You know that you are poor when you need to wait to give your child his asthma medicine because you can't afford the aero-chamber."
Step 2: Make Your Voice Heard!

Put Food in the Budget!

Please fill in your name and email address below to send a copy of the following pre-written letter below to Premier Dalton McGuinty. Or, if you prefer, write your own message directly to the Hon. Madeleine Meilleur (Minister of Social Services), the Hon. Laurel Broten (Chair of the Cabinet Committee on Poverty Reduction) or to Premier Dalton McGuinty through his website.



Premier McGuinty:
(Cc. Hon. Madeleine Meilleur, Hon. Laurel Broten)

I did the math. I know that current social assistance rates do not add up to a life of health and dignity. Even the basics of food and shelter are out of reach.

I ask you to immediately introduce a $100/month Healthy Food Supplement for all adults on social assistance as a first step towards meeting basic needs.

But that's just the first step. There needs to be a clear and transparent process for setting social assistance rates - rates that are based on the real costs of living a healthy, dignified life in Ontario.

I urge you to Do the Math too!

Sincerely,

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