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Our Neighbours’ Voices
Will We Listen?
by Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coal
Our Neighbours' Voices provides first-hand accounts, documentation and analysis of the extent of poverty in Ontario, and offers policy recommendations for both the provincial and federal governments.
The personal accounts in this book express fear, desperation, and anger. These are the voices of our neighbours. They have a moral claim on us, to meet their basic needs.
This book comprises the personal accounts of low-income people who came to community meetings across Ontario during 1997; the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition sponsored these Neighbour to Neighbour Hearings to listen to those whose voices are too often ignored.
Our Neighbours' Voices provides first-hand accounts, documentation and analysis of the extent of poverty in Ontario, and offers policy recommendations for both the provincial and federal governments.
An Our Schools/Our Selves book.
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