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Spring 2009

Letter to tell our politicians that homelessness is unacceptable!

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We encourage you to send the letter taken from the back page of the Report Card on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa, Jan-Dec 2008 to the Prime Minister along with a copy to the Premier of Ontario and to the Mayor of Ottawa if appropriate for you.

The letter calls upon the Government of Canada to invest in affordable housing and homelessness initiatives.

The Alliance to End Homelessness and concerned Canadians urgently call upon the Government of Canada to invest in affordable housing and homelessness initiatives.  We ask that the Government of Canada:

• Establish a National Housing Strategy that enshrines housing as a human right for everyone; 
• Increase funding to help communities address homelessness and make it ongoing; and
• Improve access to and the rates of national income support programs so people can afford housing. 

Mail 

• Please print the letter, then sign and date it.
• You can mail free of charge to the Prime Minister.
• Postage is required to mail to the Premier of Ontario and the Mayor of Ottawa.

 Email

• In the Word file, please select the letter text. Then copy and past it into your email message.
• Remember to add your name and the date.

Contact Information

Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

Email: pm@pm.gc.ca

Cc: Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario

Legislative Building, Queen's Park

Toronto, ON M7A 1A1

Email: dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

Cc: Mayor Larry O’Brien, City of Ottawa

10 Laurier Avenue West

Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1

Email: larry.obrien@ottawa.ca