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211 - general information page for government services, housing etc.
25-in-5 Network For Poverty Reduction, ca 2007-2008
- "blueprint for poverty reduction", early 2009: PDF file (PDF), press release (.txt file)
- various print references to, (mostly Toronto Star newspaper)
- print advertisement for Wed. March 18, 2009 rally - see 25-in-5_advert.html
- see also video clip of speech by ODSP recipient Cheryl Smith
- home page of, www.25in5.ca
aboriginal- MCSS press release on aboriginal healing strategy, March 2006 - see www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/news/releases/060302A.htm
accomodation - and employment
- Ontario gov't employment accessibility review item, early 2009
- see also Workplace Essential Skills Partnership, wesp.html
- see also CCRW home page
aging population
- and assistive technology
- research networks item, Dec. 2006
- see also press release from York University
Accenture, and computer system
- mentioned in committee meetings, May 26/2006 - see Ontario Legislature (external link)
Accessibility Ontario, section of MCSS home page, - see www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/accessibilityOntario
accessibility standards
accessibility symbols - see http://www.gag.org/resources/das.php
accessible
Action Against Poverty Week, 2006
- see Oct. 17 rally page and endorsements page
- some photos are posted
- see also CAW's coverage
- results from
- video of Michael Prue, M.P.P. challenging the Minister on the Special Diet Allowance
- video of Howard Hampton questioning Premier McGuinty - see http://webhome.idirect.com/~odsp/video/hampton-small.wmv (Right-click on the link and choose "Save... As...")
- Premier McGuinty replies - see mcguinty.html
- highlights from Hansard, from the day of the rally
- poverty report card, Ontario gov't, from rally - see http://webhome.idirect.com/~odsp/rally/Poverty-ReportCard-FINAL-October2006.pdf
- see also www.ocsj.ca/aap.php
advocacy
- and Special Diet Allowance
- summer 2006 letter from provincial group to Ministry
- general
- sample letters
- sample letter to Premier McGuinty and Minister Deb Matthews, November 2007
- sample letter to Premier McGuinty, November 2006
- other letters
- from ODSP Action Coalition to Minister, following April 2-3, 2009 conference
- and human rights tribunal, Ontario, 2008-2009
- Tim Hudak platform re:, criticized by Helen Henderson, summer 2009
- lobby kit
- advocacy and alternative budget points, federal, 2009
- Smith, Cheryl - speech at Queen's Park spring 2009 re: cost of food for sick, disabled, need for more money etc.
- and 'Peacock Poverty' web site - write-up in Toronto Star July 5, 2009
- international
- and U.N. general convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, circa 2006-2007
- University of Minnesota advocacy manual - see cnib.html
advocates - see lawyers
Alberta - see provinces
American Ass'n of People with Disabilities - www.aapd-dc.org; see also lobbying
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - see also United States
amputees
AODA - see AODA Alliance page, http://www.aodaalliance.org
- and accessibility standards, circa December 2006
- MCSS "EnAbling Change Program"
- see also earlier webcast at www.ndbc.com
(We had this webcast, which featured Deb Matthews M.P.P., archived circa 2006-2007)
- City of Toronto's Accessible Pedestrian Signal pages - www.toronto.ca/transportation/walking/aps
appliances - see assistive devices, mobility aids etc.
annuities - see Henson Trusts
artificial
artificial limbs, prostheses - see ADP
assistance, social - see social assistance
assistive devices program, Ministry of Health - see ADP home page
B
Baird, John - former Minister of Community and Social Services under Mike Harris, now federal environment minister
- shuts down Court Challenges Program - Winnipeg Free Press, Sept. 26, 2006 - D.A.W.N.
- see also Wikipedia: list of Progressive Conservative M.P.P.'s
banks
- big banks
- and social policy
- see also micro-credit
bank service charges
barrier-free design and living
barter networks
- general federal government page on, see www.pwd-online.ca
basic rights - see Ontario Human Rights Commission
Bazak, Joanne
- letter to Premier McGuinty, October 6, 2006 - to be posted Last updated early Thurs. Oct. 2nd, 2009
- response by Premier McGuinty to October 6, 2006 letter - see mcguinty.html
- see also sample letter to the Premier, Nov. 17
- Walk, Wheel and Ride for Dignity, see also rally
Beer, Charles, former Minister - and AODA
- mentioned by Helen Henderson in July 4, 2009 Toronto Star newspaper column
- upcoming CWDO consultation with, October 22, 2009
benefits
- Community Start-Up Benefit
benefit unit
Berlyne, Naomi - Houselink cttee information pkg. to MPP's "huge disappointment" - Toronto Star item [Carol Goar] March 6, 2009 p. A19
- and collection of stories, by provincial group
- see also lobby kit
Bill 107, Human Rights - see human rights
- debate surrounding, late 2006
- criticism of, circa 2006-2007 - http://www.aodaalliance.org/reform/bill107-actionkit.asp
- letters to the editor
- mentioned by David Lepofsky in letter to Toronto Sun, Nov. 26/06 p.C6
Bill 152, Poverty Reduction Strategy circa April 2009 - general reading points- see www.incomesecurity.org/campaigns/Bill152.htm
NOTE: the Social Policy Committee held public hearings on Bill 152 in late April
- see presentation by Jacquie Maund, April 20, 2009
Binnie, Wendy - see Zachariah, Anna
Bisson, Gilles M.P.P. - see also List of M.P.P.'s in the Legislative Assembly
Blackstock, Sarah, ISAC lawyer - Op-Ed item re: social assistance reform in Toronto Star, Feb. 12, 2009
blind - Canadian Council of the Blind
- see also C.N.I.B.
- see also Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC), blindcanadians.ca
Briggs, Bonnie, activist - see Cathy Crowe book launch, early 2007
British model, for disability supports - see also Wales
budgeting
- and ODSP recipients - see Carol Goar column on Naomi Berlyne's project
budget, Ontario gov't
- text of March 26, 2009 budget speech
- 2008 budget
- spring 2007
- official pages - these were at ontariobudget.ca
- see budget.html, T.R.O.A.C. sub-page with Action Coalition's response
- ODSP Action Coalition pre-budget submission, 2007
- see also Ontario Alternative Budget - Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives
- see also http://wellesleyinstitute.com
- see also D.A.W.N., responses to the budget
bulletin boards, web - see groups.yahoo.com
bursaries
C
cabinet, McGuinty
cabinet, federal - see Baird, John above and Flaherty, Jim
"cabinet-level committee on poverty reduction" - see Matthews, Deb
- see also Standing Committee on Social Policy
Caledon Institute
! - 'five point plan for changing disability supports', Oct. 2007 (PDF - link repaired Dec. 17, 2008)
Canada - and national disability strategy
- a national disability strategy was mentioned in the provincial action coalition's
pre-budget submission in early 2007
- see also Caledon Institute
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - main page
Canada - provinces, other - see provinces
Canadian Association of Food Banks - submission to Deb Matthews cttee
- Toronto Star article about, Aug. 19, 2008
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work, www.ccrw.org - and pre-employment programs: see W.E.S.P.
cancer
Caplan, David M.P.P. - and mental health file, to mid-October 2009
- see "David Caplan was just getting started", Jim Coyle, the Toronto Star, Wed. Oct. 14 2009
Capponi, Pat - see 25-in-5 coalition poverty reduction blueprint, Feb. 2009
caregivers - on-line information for - see Caregiver Connect
- see also VON
catchment area
caucus, NDP
caucus, Liberal
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) - see mental health
Charter challenge
Child Benefit, Ontario - page not up yet
children - see Child Benefit
chiropractor
chronic fatigue - see health issues
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform - see electoral reform
City of Toronto - see Toronto
clawback, of NCBS - mentioned in the Report Card (PDF) prepared for "Action Against Poverty Week", October 2006
- see also Hands Off! campaign
- legal challenge filed in late 2004
CLEO
CLEONet
Clinton, Hillary
coalition, provincial ODSP Action Coalition - see provincial group
committees, of the Legislature
- Social Policy committee
- current activities of and list of bills being considered etc.
- full list of
- Senate of Canada
- see Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Common Sense Revolution - criticism of, early 2009
- see "Resurrection of Harrisites boggles mind", Jim Coyle, Toronto Star Mar. 20, 2009
community groups
- ODSP Recipients' Support Groups
community newspapers - listing on D.A.W.N.
community participation allowance
community start-up benefit (C.S.U.B.)
companion animals - see also guide dogs
computer system, ODSP
- mentioned in behind the scenes committee discussions, May 2006 - see Ontario Legislature (external link)
- May 26/2006, answered questions about Accenture computer system before the Estimates Committee - see transcript
- see also the Ministry's "Thriving Communities" document
- see also McMullin, Cliodhna
cost of living, for ODSP recipients
- see big write-up in Toronto Star, Helen Henderson August 9, 2008 re: raising rates, real cost of living
- see also big write-up in the Star, Helen Henderson re: Ontario Liberal gov't poverty-reduction plan, Dec. 13, 2008 p.L4
- see also Opposition (N.D.P.) support for, 2003
- http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=3004
council, City of Toronto
- and social assistance
- list of Toronto councillors
countries, other - see Wales
- see also provinces
Court Challenges program, federal, www.ccppcj.ca
- CCP briefly mentioned by Helen Henderson in July 4, 2009 Toronto Star newspaper column
- see also lawyers
crime
Crowe, Cathy, street nurse - and book launch, Dying For A Home,
early 2007
- see also http://www.tdrc.net/CathyCrowe.htm
D
D.A.M.N. 2025 - event at PARC, mid-March
- protest at St. Patrick subway stn, 2007,
D.A.W.N. - Disabled Women's Network of Ontario
DAU - problems with, historical, see www.odspaction.ca
Davis, Bill, former Premier of Ontario
Daylight Saving Time - see www.AwakeinAmerica.org
death - see frequently-asked questions pages in Ontario government's Life Events section
death, of Kimberly Rogers
declaration, by provincial OAC group re: U.N. convention on rights of people with disabilities, autumn 2009 - see "Disability Declaration Sept 09" (PDF)
deductions
"Denial By Design" report
dental card
dentists
dependents
Dever, Sharon - co-ordinator, facilitator of Recipient's Support Groups sponsored by Toronto Region ODSP Action Coalition
- and current W.E.S.P. workshop, see wesp-flyer.html
- other contact information for, see contact.html
- and Flemingdon ODSP/OW Recipient's Support Group - see flemingdon.html
- makes poignant statement during Oct. 2007 provincial election - see "'Access denied' to disabled at debate", Toronto Star, October 1, 2007 p.A12
- large colour photograph in newspaper, see access-denied.jpg
- see also Sept. 26, 2007 Queen's Park rally
diagnosis
diet, special - see Special Diet
dietician
Dinovo, Cheri M.P.P. - home page of (external link)
- and housing, social assistance
- see Toronto Star newspaper column by Carol Goar, Oct. 23, 2006
- press coverage of minimum wage bill as it passed second reading on Nov. 2, 2006
- "Minimum-wage bill passes hurdle", thestar.com, Nov. 2 (Canadian Press)
- "Minimum wage hike to $10 opposed", Toronto Star, Thurs. Nov. 2, 2006 p.A8
- see also Ontario Needs A Raise campaign<
disabilities
- Access For Ontarians With Disabilities Act (AODA)
- mentioned by David Lepofsky in letter to Toronto Sun, Nov. 26/06 p.C6
- and traffic signals, Toronto - see city's Accessible Pedestrian Signal pages - www.toronto.ca/transportation/walking/aps
disability access symbols - see http://www.gag.org/resources/das.php
disability benefits
- Ontario Disability Support Program
- federal (CPP disability)
- pan-Canadian, suggestions for changes to
- see Caledon Institute, 'five point plan for changing disability supports', Oct. 2007
- disability declaration, by provincial OAC group re: U.N. convention on rights of people with disabilities - see PDF file by Jennifer Laidley
disability tax credit, federal
- mentioned in a CBC news item, summer 2006
disconnects
documentary film, recent, about ODSP
documents - stored on-line
- Community Start-Up Benefit - new (?) form circa early 2009 - send e-mail to torontodisabilityaction at yahoo dot ca
- in MS Word format
- in PDF format
- Ministry organizational chart
- previous version of organization chart, 2006-2007 click here (all files in PDF format)
- Special Diet Allowance - see tip sheet for
- see also background notes on special diet - registered nurses' ass'n
- see also provincial ODSP Action Coalition site
drug card
Duggan, Cheryl - letter in Toronto Star Sept. 30, 2008 re: poverty reduction
- big write-up in the Star re: the Ont. Liberals' poverty-reduction plan, December 13, 2008 p.L4
Duncan, Dwight M.P.P. - minister of finance circa 2008-2009 approx.
- criticized in Toronto Star, early 2009 following luncheon speech to business people
- text of March 26, 2009 budget speech
E
EITR changes, for fall 2007
election, City of Toronto- municipal elections Nov. 13 - see www.toronto.ca/vote2006
- mayoral candidates' forum Nov. 10 - see election-mayoral-forum.html
election, provincial - coming up Oct. 10, 2007 - see Elections Ontario home page
- notes for people with special needs, see their special_needs.shtml sub-page
- see also their notes for people with vision problems - blind_visually_impaired.shtml
- biographical notes on Elections Ontario senior officers John Hollins and Loren Wells
electricity costs, circa 2008 - see energy
electoral reform - see Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform home pages (no updates since summer 2007)
electronic mail - send
e-mail - address is "toronto disability action at yahoo dot ca", all one string of characters, no spaces change the "dot" to a period
- send e-mail to M.P.P.'s
- see official list of M.P.P.'s
in the Ontario Legislative Assembly
- e-mail contacts, Toronto Region ODSP Action Coalition - see contact.html
Elliot, Brenda - former Minister of Community, Family and Children's Services under Ernie Eves
emergency community services line
emergency planning - search for the keyword "emergency"
- see also Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- summer 2003 blackout
employment
- pre-employment counselling, support
- four week W.E.S.P. workshops in Toronto - see wesp.html
- see also employment supports
Enabling Accessibility Fund (federal)
EnAbling Change Program, of MCSS
- www.ndbc.com
endexclusion.ca
energy costs - electricity
- a question about smart meters, 2008
errors and overpayments
Epstein, Griffin
events, upcoming - see events calendar
Eves, Ernie - former Premier of Ontario
exercise
F
families
Family Benefits
Family Responsibility Office
FBA
federal government
- Canada Pension Plan
- and disabled people - Office for Disability Issues
- federal information pages for people with disabilities - see www.pwd-online.ca
- Mapping for the Visually Impaired portal - http://tactile.nrcan.gc.ca/
- and seniors - GAINS, the Guaranteed Annual Income Supplement
Fiorito, Joe
Flemingdon Community Legal Services, 42 The Donway
West - legal clinic, they can help with ODSP, housing etc.
Flemingdon Health Centre, 10 Gateway - site of monthly flemingdon.html recipients' support group
- see also www.fhc-chc.com
Flemingdon Park ODSP/OW Recipient's Support Group - see flemingdon.html
food bank
forms - MSN - try typing in "MSN" in Search box
Freecycle
Francais - see french.html
franking (ie. free mail priviledges, like to the House of Commons)
French
French language documents
French language services
G
GAINS
Gates, Bill, Microsoft founder - and funding for libraries, scanning etc. - see gates.html
general convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, United Nations, circa 2006-2007 - see cnib.html
gerontology
Goar, Carol - Toronto Star newspaper columnist
- critical of Minister Meilleur's priorities, summer 2006 - see July 26, 2006 column
- and Sarah Shartal, ODSP recipients' class action suit vs. province - see province-sued.html
grants and bursaries
Grinspun, Doris
groups, advocacy
- social assistance
- see 25-in-5 coalition
- D.A.M.N. 2025, protest at St. Patrick subway Dec. 7, 2007 - see demo.html
- Don Mills/Flemingdon Park area, see flemingdon.html
- downtown, Queen & Bathurst, see queen-west.html
- download and print signs for support group meetings - new-sign.jpg
- see also advocacy
glossary of terms, ODSP
H
Hampton, Howard M.P.P. - former N.D.P. leader
- criticizes Minister Meilleur on Oct. 17, 2006: video
- see also highlights from Hansard , Oct. 17, 2006
Harm Reduction Journal - see www.harmreductionjournal.com
Harper, Stephen - Prime Minister of Canada
- home page of - www.pm.gc.ca
- and by-elections, mentioned in federal.html
Harris, Mike
- see also Flaherty, Jim and Baird, John
health benefits - extended health benefits
health care records scandal, to autumn 2009
- and overall ODSP computer system scandal, 1995-2005 approx... see Accenture
Health, Ministry of
- and public consultations on a ten year plan, early 2007 - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
health issues - chronic fatigue syndrome
- new web page, awareness campaign in U.S. - see www.cdc.gov/cfs
- sleep disorders
hearing impaired
- groups
- and advocacy
- Cdn Hearing Society puts on election forum for Toronto mayoral candidates & disabled community, Nov. 2006
- position of Cdn As'sn of the Deaf, see http://www.cad.ca/en/issues/social_security_and_assistance.asp
Helfand, Norm
Henderson, Helen - Toronto Star newspaper columnist
- and big write-up in the Star re: the Ont. Liberals' poverty-reduction plan, December 13, 2008 p.L4
- feature article in August 9, 2008 Toronto Star
Henson Trusts - third party information on, see http://www.kpopelaw.ca/estatestrusts.htm
HIV-AIDS
homecare
- see also attendant care
homelessness - Street Help Line (416) 392-3777
Horvath, Andrea - current (2009) N.D.P. leader
House of Commons, Ottawa, K1A 0A6 - sefeae also franking
housing - Ontario government financing announcement, Nov. 8
housing costs to the individual O.D.S.P. recipient or benefit unit
- and GTA average rents, for an apartment
- electricity costs
- and smart meters
- posted question about smart meters, early July 2008 - see smart-meters
Hoy, Pat M.P.P. - in committee discussing Ministry computer system, Jan. 22, 1997 - see transcript
Hudak, Tim M.P.P. - home page of
Human Rights Commission - see Ontario Human Rights Commission
human rights protection - changes in Ontario - Bill 107
- backgrounder, by Ministry of the Attorney General
- criticism of, circa 2006-2007 - http://www.aodaalliance.org/reform/bill107-actionkit.asp
- random Op/Ed comments from the field - http://www.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/legspeak...
- mentioned by David Lepofsky in letter to Toronto Sun, Nov. 26/06
Human Rights Tribunal
- Tim Hudak platform criticized by Helen Henderson, summer 2009
- see also Hudak, Tim
- see also human rights protection - general research
- at the University of Ottawa - see www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/library
hunger
hunger march
hydro - costs
- and smart meters
- see question about smart meters circa early July
hygiene
- see dental coverage
I
identity theft
images, of past events, low resolution - see gallery.html page under construction
immigration, Ontario gov't page on, see http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca
Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
information, general, for people with disabilities
- federal government, see www.pwd-online.ca
- see also CBC, C.N.I.B., Canadian Paraplegic Ass'n, Cdn Hearing Society, TVO, American Foundation for the Blind (www.afb.org) etc.
interim assistance
internal links - a page about internal links is under construction
invisible illnesses
Ipperwash inquiry
J
Joanne Bazak - see Bazak, Joanne above
Jobs and Skills Renewal Strategy, Ontario
- mentioned in Premier's letter to OCSJ dated October 17, 2006
- see mcguinty.html
JobsNow pilot program, 2005-2006
jobs - see also business, employment, and small business
K
Kevin Costante, Deputy Minister, MCSS - see Costante, Kevin
Kirby, Michael, Senator - and mental health commission
Klees, Frank M.P.P.
L
"Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities" circa late 2007 - see Treasury Board (federal) home pages
Lalonde, Jean-Marc M.P.P. - tells then-ADM Kevin Costante that C parts of the social assistance computer system were "a mess" - see transcript, Standing Cttee on the Ombudsman, Jan. 22, 1997
laws, online, Ontario - see www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
lawsuits
- class-action suit against province, 2006
lawyers - Blackstock, Sarah
- Loescher, Virginia
- Shartal, Sarah
- Zachariah, Anna - summer 2008 item in Toronto Star
- see also legal information, federal Court Challenges Program
- see also lawsuits
legal clinics
legal information - see CLEO
- former Court Challenges Program - www.ccppcj.ca
- CCP briefly mentioned by Helen Henderson in July 4, 2009 Toronto Star newspaper column
Legislature, Ontario - Legislative
Assembly of Ontario - seat of provincial gov't
-
list of all M.P.P.'s in
- committees of, full list
- current activities of committees, and list of bills being considered etc., esp. Bill 152
- lobby kit, 2006, Naomi Berlyne
- Legislature, official pictures of, see their home page
- pictures from September 29, 2005 rally - to be sorted and indexed
- pictures from October 17, 2006 rally
- the Social Policy Committee was going to hold hearings circa April 20, 2009 re: Bill 152
Lepofsky, David - AODA cttee chair circa early 2009
- and Bill 107, Human Rights
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- debate surrounding, late 2006
- mentioned by David Lepofsky in letter to Toronto Sun, Nov. 26/06 p.C6
letters - computer-generated
- mentioned by Carol Goar in a September 2009 Toronto Star column
letters
- from provincial group, on behalf of everyone, to Madeleine Meilleur June 25, 2008
- from Premier McGuinty to OCSJ, Oct. 17, 2006 "Action Week Against Poverty"
- from Kate Allen, in Toronto Star newspaper following the Oct. 17, 2006 rally - see letter-kate-allen.html
letters, sample
- to Premier McGuinty, Nov. 2006 (PDF format)
Take Seniors off Welfare sample letter - provincial group - this link needs updating
letters - to M.P.P.'s - importance of
- letters to the editor
- and Bill 107, Human Rights, late 2006 - see Lepofsky, David
- and postage - see also franking
Liberals, Ontario - see McGuinty
lobbying
- by Citizens With Disabilities (Ontario) group - see web page www.cwdo.org
- by OCSJ
- letter to M.P.P.'s Oct. 6/06
N.B. the OCSJ had an assembly at the end of November 2008. Location was the Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.
loans - see micro-credit
Long, Tom - see Common Sense Revolution
M
MacKay, Peter M.P. - Minister of Foreign Affairs ca 2006-2007
- March 30, 2007 speech re U.N. convention on rights of people with disabilities
macular degeneration
McLeod, Lyn
Manson, Catherine - community legal worker, former chair of Toronto Region ODSP Action Coalition
- mailing address and telephone: Flemingdon Community Legal Services, 42 The Donway West, Suite, Toronto
- home page of - http://www.flemingdonlegal.com
- posted question about smart meters as they may relate to housing costs, early July 2008 - see smart-meters
MacDonald, Lynn - assistant deputy minister, MCSS, policy - see Ministry organization chart (PDF file)
march, to Cecil St.
maps, of Ontario, basic - see http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca (Natural Resources Canada)
MAP program, Ontario - see "Media Access and Participation Initiative"
Marchese, Rosario M.P.P. - sat on social policy cttee ca 2006-2007
- home page of: not available
Martin, Tony - former M.P.P. - and disability supports, 2003, northern Ontario - www.sootoday.com/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=3004
Matthews, Deb M.P.P. - Minister of Children's Services Oct. 2007 - present, formerly parliamentary secretary to Community & Social Services Minister Hon. Sandra Pupatello
- author, Deb Matthews report on ODSP/OW employment assistance prgs
- see DebMatthewsReportDec04.pdf December 2004 (PDF file)
- see also Ministry backgrounder on overall response to Deb Matthews report
- chair, "cabinet"-level poverty reduction cttee ca 2007-2008
- Toronto Star page one headline on, Oct. 30, 2007
- provincial group submission to, summer 2008
- follow-up comments by action coalition members, sent as a letter summing up the issues
- p.g. meeting with, summer 2008
- follow-up comments by action coalition members, sent as a letter summing up the issues
- poverty reduction plan announced Dec. 4, 2008
- big write-up in the Toronto Star (Helen Henderson) includes provincial group's response, December 13, 2008 p.L4
- official poverty reduction strategy page - http://www.growingstronger.ca/english/default.asp
- on YouTube spring 2008 - closed meeting in Peterborough
- spoke at start of "EnAbling Change Program", of MCSS, in December 2006
- see webcast at www.ndbc.com
- one small image file is available
- home page of - see www.debmatthews.onmpp.ca
Maund, Jacquie - Campaign 2000 - appears at Queen's Park before Standing Committee on Social Policy, early 2009
- quoted in Toronto Star Dec. 5, 2008 re: Deb Matthews recommendations re: poverty reduction
- see also http://fsatoronto.com/
McGuinty, Dalton M.P.P. - Premier of Ontario
- response to OCSJ's October 6, 2006 letter - see mcguinty.html
- mentions ODSP in Oct. 17, 2006 statements in the House during Question Period - see hansard-oct17.html
- home page of - see www.premier.gov.on.ca/home/default.asp?Lang=EN
- see also YouTube
McMullin, Cliodhna - Director, Ontario disability support program branch of the MCSS
- see ministry organizational chart
medical
medical adjudicators
medical appointments - see transportation allowance
medical care
- public consultations on, early 2007 - Miinistry of Health and Long-Term Care
- see also MSN
medical forms
- and Special Diet Allowance - see tip sheet for ! This file is unavailable
Meilleur, Madeleine - Minister of Community and Social Services
- accomplishments of
- criticism of
- criticized by Howard Hampton during Question Period on Oct. 17, 2007, Int'l Day for Elimination of Poverty
- see highlights from Hansard for Oct. 17, 2006
- mentioned by Sarah Shartal in a letter to the editor of the Toronto Star, July 18, 2009
- Dec. 4, 2006 statement by (U.N. Int'l Day of Disabled Persons)
- home page of, Ottawa-Vanier riding
- letters to, recent
- June 25, 2008
- meetings with
- she met with some folks in June of 2008 - see follow-up letter
- answered questions before Estimates committee, May 26/06 - see Ontario Legislature home pages (external link)
- and workings of ODSP
- mentioned by Sarah Shartal in a letter to the editor of the Toronto Star, July 18, 2009
- see also Shartal, Sarah
- official biography of
- political predecessors
- Baird, John
- Elliot, Brenda
- Tsubouchi, David
mental health issues
- and problems with ODSP, historical
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- report on program access barriers, 2003 approx.
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - see DSM-IV-TR Official Site of the American Psychiatric Association
- and former health minister David Caplan
- see "David Caplan was just getting started", Jim Coyle, the Toronto Star, Wed. Oct. 14 2009
- and the Special Diet Allowance
- mentioned during the provincial group's 2006 strategy day
- see also Mental Health Commission of Canada, on WWW
- see also Ontario Human Rights Commission
Mental Disability Rights Int'l
messages - electronic mail - send e-mail to "toronto disability action at yahoo dot ca", all one word
micro-credit
- rare mention in Toronto Star newspaper, Dec. 2006
- see also Clinton, Hillary
Mihevc, Joe - Toronto City councillor
- and December 4, 2006 remarks about ODSP rates at City's "Unsung Hero" awards
- see cnib.html
Milne, Dana, provincial organizer - see isac.html
- document files sent by, see documents
minimum wage
- press coverage of minimum wage bill as it passed second reading on Nov. 2, 2006
- "Minimum-wage bill passes hurdle", thestar.com, Nov. 2 (Canadian Press)
- "Minimum wage hike to $10 opposed", Toronto Star, Thurs. Nov. 2, 2006 p.A8
- see also Ontario Needs A Raise campaign
Ministry, Ministries, Ontario government - cabinet shuffle Sept. 2008
- see Toronto Star article, Sept. 19, 2008 (includes new cabinet list)
Ministry of Community and Social Services , Ontario Government
- organizational chart of
- computer system of, still in doubt, spring 2006
- see records of committee meetings, May 26/2006, in Ontario Legislature web pages (external link)
- directives - see web page of (external link)
- former deputy minister Kevin Costante
- in committee meetings, May 26/2006 - see Ontario Legislature (external link)
- initiatives - public relations/awareness
- "Media Access and Participation Initiative" - see www.innoversity.com (external link)
- accessibility: "EnAbling Change Program" and AODA circa December 2006
- webcast at www.ndbc.com is on file but is not available on-line
- social assistance review, see http://sareview.ca/
letter from provincial ODSP group to Ministry, summer 2006 - temporarily unavailable
Ministry of Finance
mirror site, for these pages - see http://webhome.idirect.com/~odsp and save as a bookmark
MISWAA - press release re: 2006 report
MMP - Mixed Member Proportional - see electoral reform
mobility aids - see ADP home page
money
moving allowance
