[news] (OCAP) Special Diet Clinics Resume

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![OCAP logo][1]**OCAP logo** A little over a year ago the McGuinty Government cut the Special Diet Policy under which huge numbers were obtaining relief from poverty and hunger. The Liberals introduced a new policy, determined to shut down the OCAP initiated community clinics where thousands of poor people were obtaining the $250 a month the policy entitled them to. Last year alone $40 million extra was paid out through the special diet to people on welfare and disability. Several months after the cut, the Liberal government raised over all assistance rates by 2%. This is 38% short of what it would take for rates to be brought up to what they were before the Harris Government cuts.

  


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