Toronto: OCAP March, Thursday November 9th!
| This Thursday- March on the Pope Squat |
THIS THURSDAY
November 9th
6:00pm
at PARC- 1499 Queen Street W.
corner of Dowling
NIGHT MARCH ON THE POPE SQUAT
Over the past three months the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty has been campaigning in Parkdale door to door and block by block. As the City prepares to elect a new City Council and Mayor we have been putting forward a platform of our own- a set of demands to address the Housing Crisis in Parkdale (visit www.ocap.ca/popesquat/demands).
A neighbourhood under attack from gentrification and the police, it is a place where the poorest residents are hidden in overpriced and run down rooming houses; where the homeless are provided no shelter and where the City allows abandoned buildings to sit empty and unused while people sleep outside.
The attitude of government towards Parkdale can be summed up by visiting 1510 King Street- The Pope Squat. Empty for over a decade it was occupied and made into homes by OCAP in 2002. After a brutal and unnecessary eviction the building remains empty to this day- sold but unused.
Join Us on November 9th for a march to the Pope Squat-
DECENT AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR ALL
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Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
10 Britain St. Toronto, ON M5A 1R6
416-925-6939 ocap@tao.ca www.ocap.ca
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