>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:19:27 -0500 >From: Eric Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: St Lawrence April 7 Forum: closing the gap between rich & poor >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > > >Closing the Gap Between Rich and Poor >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Wednesday April 7, 7:30 -9:30 pm - Free Admission > >St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East, Toronto > >"If we as Liberals are convinced, as surely to heaven we must be, that the >widening gap between the rich and the poor is unacceptable and will bring >this country down, then we must provide Canadians with a level playing >field." >- Finance Minister Paul Martin > >Poverty has become an emotional hot button. Poverty was the lightening rod >for the recent mud-slinging match between Alberta Premier Ralph Klein and >the Centre for Social Justice. Canadians everywhere are talking about >poverty on the street and in their homes. And Unions are taking to the >picket lines after years of foregoing pay raises and watching large cheques >go to corporate C.E.O.s. In the midst of it all a nation-wide consensus is >building that Canadians can no longer watch as income disparity changes the >face of our country and our sense of national pride. > >Our reputation as a champion of human rights, and the best country in the >world to live in, suffered an embarrassing blow by the United Nations. This >past fall Canada became the first developed nation to be found in violation >of the U.N. Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. > >The St. Lawrence Centre Forum and the Centre for Social Justice present >Closing the Gap Between Rich and Poor. A stellar panel will discuss the >growing income gap in Canada, and options for alleviating income disparity. >Admission is free. The event will be held Wednesday April 7, 7:30-9:30 p.m. >at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East in Toronto. > >Panelists: > >Dalton Camp is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a political columnist >with the Toronto Star. He is also a Senior Advisor to the Cabinet at the >Office of the Privy Council. His most recent book, Whose Country Is This? >is published by Douglas & McIntrye. > >Josephine Grey is Executive Director of Low Income Families Together, and >author of the Ontario People's Report to the United Nations Committee on >Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. > >Armine Yalnizyan is a research economist with the Centre for Social Justice >and author of the Centre's recent report, The Growing Gap: A Report on the >Growing Inequality Between Rich and Poor. > >Chuck Collins: Co-Director of United for a Fair Economy as well as >Responsible Wealth, an organization of people of wealth working for fair >income distribution based in Boston > >Moderator: Carol Goar: Editorial Page Editor with the Toronto Star > >The St. Lawrence Centre Forum: Discussion and debate on the life of our >city, celebrating our 30th anniversary in the year 2000 > >For more information please contact Carolyn Langdon, the Forum Publicist at >416 366-1656 x274 >
