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MEDIA RELEASE: Ontario Students Host Lobby Week

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Giovedì, Febbraio 22, 2024
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Toronto, Ontario, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Next week, from February 25th to February 28th, the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario will host their annual Lobby Week, where college and university students from across the province will meet with Members of Provincial Parliament to discuss issues in Post-Secondary Education.

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  • Toronto, Ontario, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Next week, from February 25th to February 28th, the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario will host their annual Lobby Week, where college and university students from across the province will meet with Members of Provincial Parliament to discuss issues in Post-Secondary Education.
  • Students in Ontario are facing significant challenges.
  • The escalating cost of living, high inflation, and skyrocketing rents have deeply affected students’ lives and their pursuit of higher education.
  • Students are calling for the provincial government to work with and for them to address these issues and establish a fair and inclusive Post-Secondary Education system in Ontario that puts students over profit.

Ontario Federation of Labour launches new campaign to say “Enough is Enough”

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Martedì, Gennaio 31, 2023
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TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched a new campaign to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched a new campaign to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
  • As Ontarians face skyrocketing inflation, wage suppression, and a crumbling public health care system, this new campaign brings people together to say: Enough is Enough !
  • “For far too long, working people have paid the price, for crises we didn’t create,” said Patty Coates, Ontario Federation of Labour President.
  • That will lay the groundwork for a major escalation to ensure that we cannot be ignored.”
    The Ontario Federation of Labour represents 54 unions and one million workers in Ontario.

It’s Harder to Escape Poverty Today than 30 Years Ago, New Report Reveals

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Lunedì, Novembre 28, 2022
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In looking at longstanding income security trends, data shows that it is harder for someone to break the cycle of poverty today than it was thirty or more years ago, says Carolyn Stewart, Executive Director, Feed Ontario.

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  • In looking at longstanding income security trends, data shows that it is harder for someone to break the cycle of poverty today than it was thirty or more years ago, says Carolyn Stewart, Executive Director, Feed Ontario.
  • Today however, the demands on food banks are not limited to emergency response.
  • Food bank use remains at an all-time high with this year marking the sixth consecutive year of food bank use increases.
  • Throughout its anniversary year, Feed Ontario will recognize the incredible achievements of Ontarios food bank network while continuing its work to end hunger and poverty.

Easterseals Iowa Receives Donation from Iowa Total Care

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Mercoledì, Settembre 14, 2022
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DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Easterseals Iowa has received a $10,000 donation from Iowa Total Care to fund its operations and programs throughout the state of Iowa.

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  • DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Easterseals Iowa has received a $10,000 donation from Iowa Total Care to fund its operations and programs throughout the state of Iowa.
  • Not only has Iowa Total Care provided financial support, but they have also provided access to its "Be Well.
  • Iowa Total Care member, Chris Osborn, is a great example of the Easterseals support in action.
  • Established in 2019, Iowa Total Care exists to improve the health of its members through focused, compassionate, and coordinated care.

RYAH Secures Health Canada Medical Device License for RYAH Smart Medical Inhaler System

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Martedì, Marzo 8, 2022
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(the "RYAH Smart Medical Inhaler System")

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  • (the "RYAH Smart Medical Inhaler System")
    Health Canada License number 107475 allows RYAH to market its Smart Medical Inhaler System to medical patients in Canada and potentially represents a significant boost to RYAHs growth strategy.
  • The approval from Health Canada recognizing the RYAH Smart Inhaler System as a medical device is a major step towards achieving our global medical device footprint, said Gregory Wagner, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  • RYAH recently announced its RYAH Smart Inhaler received medical device certification under ISO 13485:2016/MDSAP and EN ISO 13485:2016 directives.
  • The Company also announced that it received a notice of allowance on Utility Patent For Its Smart Medical Inhaler System.

ABILITY MEMBERS GROUP ADDS THREE MORE NEW LOCATIONS

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Mercoledì, Dicembre 15, 2021
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Ability Members Group, a leading Canadian network of home medical equipment providers, adds three new locations.

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  • Ability Members Group, a leading Canadian network of home medical equipment providers, adds three new locations.
  • Our engagement with the team and members at ABILITY will be an important advantage to our growth as a new organization."
  • Growing rapidly from its first 15 members in 2017, ABILITY is committed to helping members grow through collaboration, supporting operational excellence, improving profitability, and financial transparency.
  • ABILITY leverages collective buying power, supporting members to successfully grow their respective businesses and provide excellence in client care.

Food Bank Use Reaches Record High in Ontario

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Martedì, Novembre 30, 2021
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Another demographic highlighted in the report are people with disabilities, who represent a third of all food bank users in Ontario.

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  • Another demographic highlighted in the report are people with disabilities, who represent a third of all food bank users in Ontario.
  • The proportion of senior citizens accessing a food bank in Ontario has grown by 36 percent over the previous year, and 64 percent since 2008.
  • Ontarios insufficient social assistance programs, precarious employment, and unaffordable housing are the primary drivers of food bank use:
    59.1 percent of food bank visitors cite social assistance as their primary source of income.
  • 86.3 percent of food bank visitors are rental or social housing tenants with over 50 percent of food bank visitors citing the inability to adequately pay for housing and utilities costs as the primary reason for food bank usage.

Changes to Minimum Wage are First Step Towards Affordability for All Ontarians

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Venerdì, Novembre 5, 2021
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However, there is still more that needs to be done to ensure all Ontarians can recover from the financial impact of the pandemic and afford todays cost of living.

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  • However, there is still more that needs to be done to ensure all Ontarians can recover from the financial impact of the pandemic and afford todays cost of living.
  • Increasing the minimum wage is the first of many steps needed to end hunger and poverty in our province.
  • While appreciative of these initial changes, Feed Ontario acknowledges that a $15 minimum wage still does not provide full-time Ontario workers with sufficient income to afford todays cost of living.
  • This is particularly worrying as Ontario has the highest rate of minimum wage workers of any province in Canada at 15 percent.

Instead of Tackling COVID-19 ‘Head On’, Ontario’s Budget takes a ‘head in the sand’ approach. More action needed: OFL

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Giovedì, Novembre 5, 2020
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The OFL is also greatly concerned with the continued attacks on public services workers, and a lack of action for vulnerable Ontarians, like those languishing on inadequate ODSP supports.

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  • The OFL is also greatly concerned with the continued attacks on public services workers, and a lack of action for vulnerable Ontarians, like those languishing on inadequate ODSP supports.
  • This budget takes a head in the sand approach instead of tackling COVIDs second wave head on, said Coates.
  • Premier Fords budget lacks the bold vision and policy choices required to ensure every Ontarian can safely weather the on-going COVID-19 storm.
  • But, when given the opportunity to table a budget that ensures Ontarians will be safe he chose instead to duck under the table.

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) cautions against relying on the Auditor General’s fundamentally flawed report on ODSP

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Lunedì, Dicembre 9, 2019
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A December 4, 2019 report by the Auditor General of Ontario criticized this program for the wrong reasons.

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  • A December 4, 2019 report by the Auditor General of Ontario criticized this program for the wrong reasons.
  • A proper audit of ODSP would have asked if the program is meeting its purpose of supporting the most vulnerable members of our community, said Karin Baqi, Staff Lawyer at ISAC.
  • Above all, the report misinterprets an increase in the number of recipients as a sign of administrative error.
  • We are concerned that the Auditor Generals report will embolden the provincial government to go ahead with a plan to make it harder to qualify for ODSP by introducing a more onerous definition for disability.