25 February 2010 - Heritage Dinner
with special guest the Hon. Dalton McGuinty, MPP

This evening, rich supporters
of the Ontario Liberal Party are
paying $950 a plate and $9500 a table
at a lavish fundraiser.
These people can spend more on a
meal than people on welfare and
disability have to live on for a month.

The Liberals talk about
'poverty reduction' but the reality
is that, well into their second
term of office, people on social
assistance live on incomes
that have lost 55% of their
spending power since 1995.
We are even poorer today than
we were under Mike Harris.

The one handhold that poor people
have been able to use to limit
their poverty, is a program known as
the Special Diet. This provides
up to $250 a month if a medical
provider considers it necessary.
In the last number of years,
more and more poor people
have become aware of the
Special Diet. The misery and suffering
that is being inflicted on those losing
the Special Diet is enormous and
OCAP is here to challenge it.

www.ocap.ca