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This site is about the cause that we are currently interested in. Interests change, and so does our cause. But no matter what we are interested in, it will be All For a Good Cause.
All For a Good Cause has given it's endorsement and signed on to OCAP's 10 demands of the municipality of Toronto.
The 10 demands are listed below:
TEN DEMANDS FOR ACTION ON POVERTY
Welfare Policies to Keep People Housed
1. Toronto City Council must set an example by refusing to clawback the
child tax credit from Ontario Works participants.
2. Stop handing over information to the Police for 'welfare fraud'
prosecutions and establish a 2% maximum recovery rate in overpayment
situations.
Housing as a Right not an Empty Promise
3. Ensure that enough social, supportive and accessible housing is built
to eliminate the waiting list.
4. Freeze all condo development in neighbourhoods where low income housing
stock is threatened with displacement.
5. Launch a campaign to retrofit empty buildings, starting with
municipally owned 'surplus housing', and ensure the impending rental unit
inspection and repair by-law before City Council is implemented
effectively and immediately.
6. Inject money into shelters immediately, including shelters for abused
women and children. End all seasonal closing of shelter space. Bring the
spaces up to decent, livable standards.
The Needs of Communities vs Law and Order
7. Freeze the Police budget, eliminate Community Action Policing and put
the freed up resources into meeting the real needs of communities.
8. A strict 'Don't Ask' policy for all City workers towards people without
status and no police resources to go into immigration enforcement in our
communities.
9. Repeal all municipal by-laws that are used for 'social cleansing' of
neighbourhoods and the persecution of homeless people, such as 'camp in
park without a permit'.
Community Needs and Access
10. Abolish user fees and restore cuts in services in all municipal
community centres and settlement agencies.
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Mission Statement The mission of this organization is to help out in our community in whatever way we can, and fight for what we believe in.
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Please visit the Stop the Cameras Coalition website for more information on the proposed implementation of surveillance cameras in downtown Peterborough
Stop the Cameras Coalition
It costs more to house homeless people: When it came to housing, Canadians spend an average of $11,200 a year on their own shelter. In contrast, housing the homeless is calculated on a per diem basis (The BC study showed shelter costs ranged from $6,000 to $16,000 a year). For example, it costs:
Per night in a provincial correctional facility - $155-$250
Psychiatric hospital - $380 average
Emergency homeless shelter, which included meals and services - $60-$85
Detox centers $80-$185
Mental health residential facilities - $140-$191
In contrast, supportive housing is cheaper:
Enhanced self-contained apartment with support on site - $67-$88
Self-contained apartment mini-suite/bachelor - $14-$20
Self-contained apartment - no support - $25-$35
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