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Mississauga Wants out of Peel Region EMAIL | [email protected] Vol. 8 No. 3/ MAY-JUNE, 2019 Mayor Bonnie Crombie says Mississauga would be better off if the rest of Peel – Brampton, Caledon – were separately run. That may be a fact for taxes and infrastructure. But what about the cash-poor Mississauga wants people of Peel? What could happen to the folk on welfare, OW, ODSP? The shelters that house the homeless are almost all in Mississauga. The soup kitchens that feed the hungry are all in Brampton. out of Peel Region The Region of Peel provides social services on be- half of the Ontario government. But the Doug Ford bunch doesn’t have much time or money for the BUT WHAT WILL IT COST THE CASH-POOR? have-nots. A 1.5% raise in Ontario Works payments was stopped. Will Bonnie do the best job of frustrat- ing more Ford takeaways? BY BONNIE CROMBIE here has been a great deal of discussion about Mississauga’s position on regional govern- Tment and our desire to become a separate, independent city. There have also been a lot of ques- tions about what will happen if the province grants Mississauga’s request. In particular, the readers of Tough Times will be See Mississauga on page 4 Hanging on to OHIP Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG) is forming a Health Coalition to oppose Doug Ford’s privatization of Ontario’s health care. For information phone PPAG Chair Richard Antonio at 647 237-5135, These are Mississauga’s architectural gems, known popularly as the Marilyn Munro apartment buildings on the east side of Hurontario at Square One. Ever noticed how the two towers appear, rising in a western mist, in illustra- or email [email protected] tions of Toronto’s streetscapes? Toronto envies us! (Photo supplied) Social justice goes online P2 When you need a place to stay P7 “Devastating” cut to Legal Aid P11 INSIDE All parts of Peel are into trees this Spring P3 Ford drags Brampton backward P7 A shameful non-government P13 THIS Taking aim at guns P5 Where to start for mental health P8 Will the cash poor be better off? P14 ISSUE Call for renaissance of the Bank of Canada P6 Did your vote count? P8 & 9 More than just a food bank P15 CLIMATE CHANGE 2 Tough Times – May-June, 2019 PEEL POVERTY Social justice Tough Times is published ACTION GROUP six times a year Next issue: July-August, 2019 Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG) goes online Deadline for ads and editorial: June 1, 2019 is open to every individual and organization in Peel Region that BY CHRIS FOTOS Phone 905-826-5041 cares about what poverty does Volunteer writers, reporters, artists, ough Times is taking social justice to people. It provides a safe place cartoonists, photographers, are where people who are cash-poor to the web. You can find us online welcome at Tough Times. and those who try to help them Tat www.ToughTimesTabloid.ca Please email letters to: are encouraged to speak out – And right on time, too. Public [email protected] and Tough Times is part of that services are under attack from the Produced by: safe place. PPAG’s mandate is to Progressive Conservative Ford provin- Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG) advocate for people in need and to cial government, and the Progressive Editor: Edna Toth educate the public about poverty Conservatives have a shot at forming issues. Membership is free. PPAG government in the looming federal Associate Editors: meets at 9:30 a.m. to noon, usually Michelle Bilek, Rosemary Keenan election. Chris Fotos the second Thursday of every month We’ll be using our online presence (except July and August) alternately to hold politicians of all stripes to Graphic Designer: Patti Moran in Mississauga and Brampton. account, cover labour and social justice Contributors: Huda Abbas, Richard Antonio, Navi Aujla, Kay issues, and connect Peel Region’s cash- Bajaj, Samina Bangash, Michelle Bilek, Laura Bily- Meeting dates for 2019: poor residents with services they need. ea, Dr. Simon Black, Jaspal Brar, Brampton Mayor Mississauga, at the Newcomer Patrick Brown, Taodhg Burns, Coun. George Centre of Peel, 165 Dundas St. W., Staying informed is crucial in times like Carlson, Shaila Kibria Carter, Surabhi Das, Dr. Paula (at Confederation Parkway); these. DeCoito, Nikki Clarke, Paricia Chrisjohn, Doris May 9; Sept. 12; Nov 14. The website was built by the newest Cooper, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Jack Brampton, place to be fixed: June 13; Fleming, Christopher Fotos, Moushumi Hakrabar- ti, Linda Hochstetler, Jack Jackson, Jerry Jarosz, Oct. 10; Dec. 12 addition to Tough Times’ staff, myself, Christopher Fotos. Chris Fotos at work Sylvia Jones, MPP; Laura Kaminker, Rosemary Check PPAG’s website for announcements. Keenan, Shalini Konanur, Deb Kuipers, Stephen I found Tough Times tabloid in late (Photo by Kim Northcote) Lay, Alexandra MacGregor, Harinder Malhi, Julia www.ppag.wordpress.com 2018. The paper’s commitment to Peel Margetiak, Pat McGrail, Archana Medhekar, Bren- da Murdoch, Varsha Naik, Norma Nicholson, Kim- Region’s cash-poor and homeless was tions six times a year, serving people berly Northcote, Karen Ras, Christianne Reyna, surprising and refreshing — people who don’t have computers or who Monica Riutort, Marina Rosas, Ruby Sahota, MP, Lea Salameh, Farina Salahuddin, Liisa Schofield, don’t often think of Peel as a place prefer information by hand or who Chris Sensicle, Subash Sharma, Sara Singh, MPP; where poverty thrives, but homeless- happen upon Tough Times in a coffee Bret Sheppard, Catherine. Soplet, Coun. Ron Starr, Advertising Susan Stewart, staff members of the Region of ness and hunger are very real here. shop, or the library, at social service of- Peel, Anna Sycz, Chelsea Tao, Pauline Thornham, In January this year, I emailed Editor fices, in Peel Region buildings, shelters, Rozeeta Torbram-Jarvis, Martin Tsvetanov, Edesiri Rates Edna Toth, and asked if I could help soup kitchens, in food bank boxes, Udoh, Kate Vinokurov, Suraiya Wajih, Jessica Wang, Grazyna Wiercinska, Emily Wiles, Coun. Tough Times’ foray into the digital with their faith group, in their offices, Charmaine Williams, John Wilson, Cheryl Yarek. Tough Times distributes 10,000 world. cafeterias, most any place. copies, throughout Peel Region. Printed by: Atlantic Web Printers Going forward, I’ll be serving Look for it, read it, and visit it Target audience is people readers as Tough Times’ online edi- online. experiencing homelessness, using tor. If you’d like to provide online food banks and soup kitchens, visual or written content, email Chris Fotos is completing a BA at York people who are struggling, [email protected] University and is a songwriter, singer, band Homeless: plus faith groups, social service agencies, trades unions, business Tough Times continues print edi- member. people, and the general public. The Video To advertise in Tough Times: Spaces and Places: Uncovering Email: Homelessness in the Region of Peel [email protected] is a 15-minute video in which Phone: 905 826-5041 homeless people describe their experiences. A team from PPAG, Mail address: 4-287 Glidden Road including a once-homeless person, Brampton, ON L6W 1H9, Canada will show the video to a group on Advertising rates: (colour included) request. There is no charge. Business card: $105 To book a showing contact 1/16 page: $125 [email protected] 1/8 page: $190 Allow about 45 minutes for the 1/4 page: $280 video and discussion. 1/2 page: $460 The video was made by a 3/4 page: $650 team from York University, in Full page: $810 cooperation with the Social Planning Council of Peel, financed A full page is approximately 10 inches wide by a grant from the Ontario by 12 inches deep = 120 square inches. E&OE Trillium Foundation. Tough Times – May-June, 2019 3 All parts of Peel are into trees this spring Mississauga, with a million trees on dead or dying or damaged trees. And already. in memory of a person, celebration of public land (250,000 of them on bou- what to do after a tree-ravaging storm. Brampton already has an estimated a birth, or some other event. There’s a levards) is planting a tree of knowledge On the brighter side, Mississauga 3.5 million trees on public and private fee. – educating Mississaugans about telling hopes to plant one million trees by the land, and plants about 8,000 more Caledon takes the education route: the City’s Forestry department about year 2032. They’re a third of the way every year. It offers to dedicate a tree a cartoon tells the tree story. NEED FOOD? Don't Go Hungry If you don't have enough money for food and live in Mississauga, you can go to a neighbourhood food bank. It doesn't matter about your age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or immigration status. You will receive enough healthy food to feed your family for 7-10 days each month. There is no cost to visit a food bank. Find your food bank at www.themississaugafoodbank.org or phone 905.270.5589. 4 Tough Times – May-June, 2019 Mississauga, cont. from page 1 asking what happens to the social and human services currently provided by the Region of Peel. I will do my best to answer these questions and provide greater information and context for Mississauga’s position. Our desire to separate from the Region of Peel is not new; in fact, for- mer Mayor Hazel McCallion engaged in the “One City, One Voice” cam- paign in 2004 to seek independence. The government of the day did not grant her wish, but the citizens of Mississauga were overwhelmingly in sup- port of the idea, and with good reason.
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