9AM Is A Handout A Hand Up?

Posted Nov 8, 2011 08:47:59 AM.

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9:00am Anti-Poverty activists gathered Saturday at Kitchener City Hall, calling for policy reforms to end poverty. Major cities, though understanding of the ‘Occupy’ protesters, say it’s time for the occupiers to leave their tents behind and go home before the cold weather hits. Guest: Shannon Balla, of the group ‘Poverty Makes Us sick’. Question: Is a handout really a hand up? What do we do with them?

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