Poverty Free Halton

Please join Poverty Free Halton, Community Development Halton and Food for Life on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the Working Poor in Halton with John Stapleton. The event will be held at the Oakville Public Library at 120 Navy Street in Oakville at 7 p.m.  Please RSVP by May 14 to office@cdhalton.ca or 905-632-1975.

John Stapleton is a social policy consultant, teacher and activist. He spent a career in government, working on Ontario social policy such as social assistance and the National Child Benefit. He has an Innovations Fellowship with the Metcalf Foundation, is a member of “25 in 5” and a Board member at Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto.

Download the event flyer: The_Working_Poor_with_John_Stapleton

Please join Poverty Free Halton and Community Development Halton on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, for a conversation on the Growing Gap of Poverty and Inequality with special guest Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

The event will be held at the Burlington Seniors’ Centre, Freeman/Indian Point Room, at 7:30 p.m. There is no cost. Please RSVP to office@cdhalton.ca, or 905-632-1975.

Download the event flyer: The_Growing_Gap_April_11_2012

How far does minimum wage go? What do you go without? Watch our video that highlights the tough decisions that many working families in Halton have to make to balance their budget.

Thank you for logging on to our website. For those of you who are not familiar with Poverty Free Halton, let us introduce ourselves.

We are a non-partisan citizen organization dedicated to the long-term goal of ending poverty in Halton Region. Through education and advocacy, our dedicated volunteer committee works to highlight issues of poverty and identify solutions to all levels of government. We believe that the solutions to poverty are within grasp, we just need the political will to obtain them.

For information on current activities, or ways to get involved, please check back often. You can also email us at info@povertyfreehalton.ca