That suspicious sniffing at winds, that cocked ear to the slightest change in posture has begun in earnest over the Ontario government's celebrated promise to implement an aggressive poverty-reduction plan.
The poor and their advocates sense threat in the air. If nothing else, poverty renders the antennae acute. Wariness goes with the territory when the margins for survival are small.
Recent remarks from Premier Dalton McGuinty that economic challenges might delay implementation of his government's poverty-reduction plan, due by year end, have triggered alarms.
Having raised expectations of historic change, the premier is now – days of easy prosperity gone – busy lowering them.
Trying economic times mean adjustments will be required, he said. The question is not whether a plan with targets and timelines will be produced, but "how quickly we can move on this particular strategy given our financial challenges."
In short, the plan will be delivered as promised. The funding might not be.
I wonder if Kim voted for CHANGE........
Re:Poverty slips on McGuinty's agenda
Sept. 22
I can't understand Dalton McGuinty's backpedalling on the poverty issue. It is inexcusable for him to put the people who are in the greatest need on the back burner yet again. Having 1.3 million people living in poverty in Ontario is sickening but he is unwilling to take hold of the situation because of the economy. These very people are the ones who feel it the most. Now is the time for action in the fight against poverty here in Ontario.
Kim Goebel, Roseneath, Ont.
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