Tag: yasir naqvi (ottawa centre)

  • Ontario’s Minimum Wage Increases to $11 Per Hour on June 1, 2014

    This is an update to the previous blogs: Canadian Campaign for a $14 Minimum Wage in Ontario: On the 14th of Every Month-Starting Today 2013; and Your Input: Canadian Poverty Consultation for Ontario Until October 2013. “Virtually every Canadian trying to survive on minimum wage in any province – and the wages vary – lives…

  • Ottawa’s Cornerstone Housing for Homeless Women: Official Opening

    Congratulations to the City of Ottawa and Cornerstone (a community organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless women) for the great official opening of Cornerstone Housing for Women at 314 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada! Cornerstone Housing for Women is a new 42-bed residential site which will provide permanent housing and supports to at-risk…