Recession Relief Coalition sets up camp

The Canadian Recession Relief Coalition (CRRC) has set up camp outside the Federal Finance Minister’s regional office in Toronto,Wednesday morning.  They are demanding government support for agencies that aid those most vulnerable in times of economic recession: students, the unemployed, and other marginalized groups. This year, donations have gone down and the pressure on these organizations has skyrocketed. 

The CRRC also wants to push the message that the Canadian social assistance program is creating a cycle of poverty. “For a single person to try to survive on $572 a month is absolutely ludicrous,” says the CRRC chair, John Andras. “It can’t be done. To even qualify for welfare, people have to be destitute. That means selling all their liquid assets. So you’re being maintained in poverty with very little hope.”

Source: http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2009/10/coalition-sets-soup-line-outside-federal-finance-minister%E2%80%99s-office