- Peter Clutterbuck of SPNO sharing his thoughts on steps the province can take to alleviate poverty.
Community members help decide the key poverty issues to be explored during upcoming provincial election
Over 60 people attended the Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination’s community forum to discuss poverty-related policy issues in Ontario. The forum was to help set local priorities for poverty alleviation as in anticipation of the fall provincial election.
Three speakers from across Ontario provided context for lively discussion that followed.
Peter Clutterbuck of the Social Planning Network of Ontario and Brice Balmer of the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition presented on the role the provincial government in eliminating poverty.
Mark Woodnutt of The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto shared with the audience the Do the Math Challenge. The Challenge is an online tool to help people understand the difficulties of living with low income.
Following the presentations, participants used an electronic voting system (a la “Who wants to be a millionaire?”) to help the Poverty Task Force focus its efforts to make poverty an election issue come fall. Audience members narrowed down a list of policy options for the Poverty Task Force to address. (more…)
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