Towards a More Equal Society: Getting the Details Right

Public Meeting
Tuesday June 26, 7 – 9 pm.
City Council Chambers, Toronto City Hall.
This meeting describes a full agenda of how we can begin to create a more equal society. In five minutes, each speaker will providing a short and snappy summary of the most important changes governments need to make.

Here are the topics and the speakers:

Ontario child benefit:
Laurel Rothman, Family Service Association,

Income support and welfare:
Cindy Wilkey, Income Security Action Centre

Affordable housing:
Michael Shapcott , Wellesley Institute

Child care:
Shani Halfon, Childcare Resource and Research Unit

Post-secondary education:
Sarah Jayne King, Ontario chair, Canadian Federation of Students

Gambling:
Wayne Olson

Progressive taxes:
Toby Sanger, Canadians for Fair Taxation

Capital gains and inheritance tax:
TBA

Minimum wages:
TBA

Job stabilization, security, employment insurance:
TBA

Gender and economic inequality:
TBA

Racialization and economic inequality:
Avvy Go, Colour of Poverty Campaign.

Health care:
Doug Allan, Ontario Health Coalition

You’ll hear lots of good ideas by the best speakers we can find on these subjects.

This meeting is sponsored by http://www.economicinequality.ca. It is free, and the council chamber is accessible.