---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:17:35 -0500 (EST) From: Wendell Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jim Jaszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Joe Clark Jostled, Kicked in Housing Protest (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:32:39 -0600 From: Gary Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'APEC Alert' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Joe Clark Jostled, Kicked in Housing Protest Joe Clark Jostled, Kicked in Housing Protest - A fight for housing protest took place in Ottawa today (Feb 10/99). Organized by the protest wing of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty the 800 to 1,000 protesters included homeless people from Toronto and Montreal, members of the Mohawk Nation and CUPW. The protesters marched to meet the Prime Minister to demand that the Federal Government restore all cuts to income support programs and increase the Federal Budget for social housing by 1% in order to eliminate homelessness. Chretien did not meet with the protesters and when Joe Clark emerged he was met with chants of Tory, Tory, Tory, Out, Out, Out and jostled and kicked. The wrath apparently fell on Clark because people felt he was attempting to use the event to boost himself. Some of the anger that has been building against Mike Harris also ended up redirected at Clark. OCAP and other homeless groups in Toronto are also demanding that there be a visible 24 hour homeless info system in the community and that governments abide by the 105 recommendations of the recent Golden report on housing and homelessness. Those recommendations are posted at http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/105.htm OCAP (416) 925-6939 Citizens on the Web news http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/ -------- Information about Ow-Watch-L at: http://www.welfarewatch.toronto.on.ca/wrkfrw/welcome.html Visit the Workfare Watch Project Website at: http://www.welfarewatch.toronto.on.ca/ Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html
