Ford’s Budget Committee Shut Down | Ontario Coalition Against Poverty|Homelessness/Housing||Economy||Raise The Rates||Cops||Government||Solidarity||Casework||Action||Support OCAP||Archive|HomeFord’s Budget Committee Shut DownSubmitted by ocap on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 19:16.Actions and Demonstrations**LEGAL UPDATE: Arrestees released Friday around 6 PM after 4 hour delay (due to bomb scare!) Thanks to all the supporters who came out!On February 10, Rob Ford and his friends on the handpicked Budget Committee of City Council got a first taste of community mobilization against the massive social cutbacks they are cooking up. Members of OCAP, No One is Illegal, Disability Action Movement Now, Community Solidarity Network, Common Cause, Rhythms of Resistance, and other people from communities facing attack were involved in the 'People's Delegation'.Dozens of angry people, facing cuts to transport, hostel/emergency shelter services, community programs, tenant services and attacks on refugees and immigrants, entered the Committee Room and

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Give Rob Ford and his New Council the Welcome they Deserve | Ontario Coalition Against Poverty|Homelessness/Housing||Economy||Raise The Rates||Cops||Government||Solidarity||Casework||Action||Support OCAP||Archive|HomeGive Rob Ford and his New Council the Welcome they DeserveSubmitted by ocap on Wed, 11/24/2010 - 04:34.Actions and DemonstrationsRally to give Rob Ford and his New Council the Welcome they Deserve!Nathan Philips Square (City Hall), Wednesday December 1, 12 Noon*Meal Served in the SquareOCAP, No One is Illegal and a range of other organizations will hold a rally on December 1 to mark the swearing in of the world, austerity measures are being imposed on working people and the poor. Rob Ford is more than ready are unaffordable in his eyes. However, the cops can expect a whole reservoir of gravy from Rob Ford .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On December 1, Rob Ford becomes Mayor of Toronto. In his campaign speeches and his public statements friendly demonstrationis being called outside City Hall as Rob Ford becomes Mayor toremind him what the

Fact CheckFrançaisGet Email UpdatesEmail AddressSign Up HOMEJACK LAYTONPARTY Our CaucusSHADOW CABINETCommissionsJobsContactPLATFORMNEWS Press ReleasesStatementsSpeechesArticlesFact CheckOther NewsVIDEO AND PHOTOS VideosPhotosOfficial PhotosLogosPARTICIPATE DonateJoinEmail UpdatesOnline ToolsDonate NowNDP Fact CheckReality check: Glass HousesAugust 2, 2011Today, members from the Conservative Party and the Bloc Quebecois feigned righteous indignation that NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel supported candidates from both the BQ and Quebec Solidaire.Conservative spokesman Dimitri Soudas called the NDP “not up to the job of governing Canada” and Louis Plamondon, the interim leader of the Bloc Quebecois said “when you back a party, you back its program.”Time to stop the Harper “Gravy Train”April 29, 2011Today Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, will endorse Stephen Harper. Ford ran on a campaign of stopping the “gravy train” for politicians.But what about the Harper record?In case you missed it: Oil companies declare massive profitsApril 29, 2011As prices at the pump go through

and I did a interview, *JoeWarming *wrote a piece in the *Toronto Sun,. Councillor Rob Ford* was ine

Law, February 2nd, 2011Now that he’s in office, Toronto mayor Rob Ford is taking vigorous steps to

, the five mayoral frontrunner (Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman, and Sarah

. And it's not gonna be pretty.

Rob Ford swept to power on his populist “working man” appeal

, according to opponents, not enough "to make it easier for cars to move throughout the city".Rob Ford, who

University, Faculty of Law, August 5th, 2010The Toronto Star is reporting that Rob Ford has won the

, 2011Toronto Mayor Rob Ford passed his first budget inFebruary.Although balanced, among other things it imposed