DAY 2134

I am still helping people sort out problems with homelessness, Children’s Aid Society, and Ontario Works issues.

I get disheartened sometimes and listen and read so many stories on a daily basis. Television and sitcoms are my release or I would go mad with the amount of stuff that is on the internet that I read.

This is more a ramble on my blog today because there is so much going on.

I cannot be misled or give up the fight to gain independence from a system that is driving us all into the ground. The only way that we can fight the system is to join together and fight back legally and respectfully.

There is a movement out there to try and organize all groups regarding Children’s Aid Society issues across Ontario under one umbrella organization. That would be a good start. We just have to remember that we are all independent, autonomous and individuals, people and groups. We do have one common goal; accountability in the Children’s Aid Societies across this province.

One of my main issues that I deal with on a daily basis is people in poverty and homelessness.

People do not choose to be poor; it’s a product of what the system has created and they perpetuate the poverty.

It’s a multimillion dollar business to help the poor in our province. Food banks, hostels, soup kitchens, out of the cold programs, etc… are a growing concern in our communities. They provide assistance to those in need yet, if there was an adequate standard of living and quality of life through social programs such as Ontario Works and ODSP we wouldn’t need these services.

In doing some research in the past week, I discovered through my naivety that there is no real statistics of actual homelessness in Hamilton, ON. Measures and factors related to homelessness and measures of who used what shelter and food bank in the community.

I asked one simple question how many homeless in Hamilton? I haven’t found that answer yet.

I raise this issue because there has to be a union or a joining of forces of those living in poverty in Ontario. We have our poverty groups across this province such as OCAP and small anti-poverty groups across the country. We have to get organized and fight for what we are entitled to. We need a decent standard of living. The special diet is being cut from the mouths of children and families because the laws have changed so you have to eat less, or have little or no nutrition left. Hydro rates are going up, rents go up and of course you have to choose between keeping the lights on and paying your rent.

Anyone in power has no comprehension of what it is like to live in extreme poverty. There are people that have tried to live on food bank food for 3 days and then went back to their normal wealthy lives after feeling the effects of the lack of nutrition in the food bank food. The Premier’s daily expenses for lunch would probably cover someone’s rent for one month.

We are here to protect children and families.
Thank you for your support!!