Recorded at the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty action in downtown Toronto, with audio clips from the street-side media gathering at King & Bay, and interviews during the underground panhandle demonstration event.
Daniel Libby - CKLN 88.1 FM
File 1: Issues include panhandling, police ticketing homeless, Mayor Miller's 'Streets to Homes' project, the current crisis with shelter beds, the increasing issue of gentrification, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget cuts, the wealth of the financial district, the 'meaningless' food charter of rights, the Federal and Provincial governments lack of support for poverty, and the transformation of downtown into "a playground for the rich"
Toronto's PATH system is the largest underground shopping centre in the world.
More info on Ontario Coalition Against Poverty at www.OCAP.ca
File 2: A controversial provocateur crashes the panhandle action. A man claiming to be from The Edge provoked a crowd of people at the OCAP Mass Panhandle. Followed by peoples words and criticism of the Toronto media's attention to poverty issues.
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