Anti-poverty, taxi protests jam Toronto streets
toronto.ctv.ca
Hundreds of protesters converged at the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday to try to make poverty a top issue in next month's provincial election, disrupting traffic downtown.
Demonstrators -- which included members of student groups, unions, labour groups and social justice agencies -- gathered on the lawn of Queen's Park to demand action on homelessness, the minimum wage and the increasing cost of tuition.
Police erected barricades and kept a close eye on the rally, but the event, organized by the Toronto Anti-Poverty coalition, was peaceful.
"Stop the war on the poor and make the rich pay; we're hungry, we're angry," protestors chanted, while banging drums and waving placards.
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