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Women’s Poverty

Women who work full-time, year-round earn only 71 cents for every dollar earned by men. 20% of women are in low-wage occupations, compared to 10% of men.

Almost half (47%) of people receiving Ontario Works are sole support parents and their children – the vast majority are sole support mothers.

Lone mothers receiving social assistance are not allowed to keep child support payments from the father.

The Ontario government deducts these payments from their social assistance cheque. In Quebec, parents are allowed to keep $100/month.

Poverty often traps women in abusive relationships. Without access to adequate income, housing, childcare and decent employment, many women and their children are trapped.

Source: 2010 Ontario Report Card on Child & Family Poverty


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  • Make suggestions to the Social Assistance Review about the changes you would like to see. Check www.sareview.ca for information about how you can participate.
  • Email your Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).

    • Urge the government to make immediate changes to social assistance while the review is underway like raising social assistance rates and allowing people to keep more of their assets. 
    • Allow people on social assistance who can work to keep more of their money so that they can build up some savings.
  • To find the email, telephone number and address of your MPP go to www.ontla.on.ca
  • Support the campaign of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care called “Ontario Can’t Work Without Child Care”.   Check www.childcareontario.org
  • Attend their community meetings, and sign a postcard to the government.
  • Join a community group in your area concerned about affordable housing.
  • Email or call your Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) to tell your story. 

    • Tell them to invest to build more affordable housing and to introduce an Ontario Housing Benefit to help low income tenants.
  • Email or call your Federal Member of Parliament (MP) to urge public spending to build more affordable housing. 
    See www.parl.gc.ca to find your federal MP.
  • At election time: talk about these issues. 

    • Ask questions at all candidate meetings.
    • Vote for candidates who promise to take action on these issues.

 

 

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