| Notes | Nearly two million people in Ontario live in poverty. How have the cutbacks of the past decade affected them? What does the housing crisis really mean for families and individuals? Can governments do anything about widespread hunger, homelessness and poverty?
The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition, which represents Ontario's major faith communities, set out to find answers. More than 1500 people took part in 15 community consultations across Ontario during 2003. Many were low-income people whose voices are rarely heard in our society. Lives in the Balance tells their stories, along with analysis of the issues we face, and policy proposals to end the scandal of poverty in our wealthy province. |
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