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in ontario. Give me the picture for ontario and tell you how calculate these grades. >> Ontario got a d-minus. Not the greatest score. You wouldn't want to bring that home to parents. We calculate the score based on four areas including people ease experiences of poverty. Nearly half of people until this country are feeling worse off financially than they were last year which was shocking given how people were people were feeling last year. The unemployment rate and food insecurity and legislative progress across the country. Where are province, where is the federal government taking positive action and where are they falling short? >> David: last week I was speaking to a group of non-governmental organization leaders and among that group were food bank leaders. They were describing how the situation before them and their time with these organizations had progressively got worse. Is that reflected in the numbers you're seeing? >> Absolutely. >> Far too many people coming to the doors of food banks. More senior, more folks with jobs. More people who have to turn to a food bank who never had to before because the stagnation is meet the high costs. >> Food banks were intend today be an emergency lever, not a solution. Do you think people see it as a solution and perhaps aren't as interested in responding to the issue at hand? >> This is why we did the poverty report cards. We never intend today be as relied on as we are now. I think thank goodness food banks are there. I don't know what foods would do if we didn't exist. We need immediate community supports but we take our role of advocating for change very seriously. That's why the poverty report card exists. We want add tool to compare across the country, which proves are getting it right and we could and find one so we built one. We think this tool will help provinces take action. We need to see more of that kind of progress in order for more people to stop peeping this pinch we're in. >> David: is ontario one of those provinces? >> Unfortunately, no. We're seeing a lot of inaction. A lack of focus on poverty reduction. In ontario we know especially in the urban settings the high costs are significant. People are spending astronomical amounts on housing. Ontario has a significant number of the people living in poverty in the country so it needs to be a legislative priority. We need to see progress. >> David: what would that entail? >> What we're suggesting is setting up strategy. Many provinces that have seen success have a poverty reduction strategy that galvanizes action, sets targets and holds governments accountable to citizens. Suggesting that ontario put together a poverty reduction strategy. We're asking they modernize social assistance so ontario works and odsb need attention. People are falling further and further into poverty and of course we need to see investments in affordable housing. >> Are you seeing receptiveness from the provincial government? >> I believe the feed ontario was in queen's park last week or a couple of weeks ago and had several positive meetings. We really need to keep the pressure on though. This is what -- what we're seeing across the country, it has to be an issue for all of us at citizens. That no governments can stay in power if they don't address poverty, that's when government also take action. Making sure everyone as citizens decides this is a critical issue. I'm hopeful in a way because this is an issue that affects so

many people. 44% of us are feeling worse off, this is an issue governments can't ignore. >> David: kirsten, thanks so much for your time this morning. A new tune from liza. This is "gasoline." [ ] [ ] >> Terri: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] >> Jill: this is cbc news. From cbc toronto, it is 6:30. Good morning. I'm jill dempsey. Light rain. 19°. Expecting a high of 24 with showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. Jennifer? >> Jennifer: steels is closed both ways at highway 27 due to a collision cleanup. >> Jill: pro-palestinian protestors at the university of toronto say they're staying despite despite a legal warning to leave by a deadline of 8:00 A.M. this morning. The students want the u of t to divest companies with israel but one advocate says the encampment has been disruptive to jewish students. The chief advancement officer for halal ontario is calling on the university to follow its own rule. >> Universities have policies and procedures at their disposal to ensure all students including jewish students are safe and able to enjoy their university time free from harassment and intimidation. Time the u of t and universities across the province follow their own policies. >> Jill: we are expecting an update from supporters of the encampment this morning. If protestors refuse to least the school says it will seek a court order against the students. Solidarity rally is planned this morning at a jewish school for girls in north york. Today's event organized by the united jewish appeal of greater toronto is to show support for students, staff and families. Toronto police are looking for multiple suspect that fired shots from a dark vehicle. . This is something that's totally shock and unexpected. >> Rabbi is the principal at the school. It's been a difficult time for the school's community. >> The parent, staff and students are scared, concerned about returning to school. We're trying to do our best to reassure them and comfort them. >> Toronto police were called to the school early saturday morning when they reported evidence of gunshots including damage to the front of the building and shattered windows. Police say it's too early to tell whether the shooting is a hate crime. >> We're not going to ignore the obvious, what occurred here and the target of the shooting was. At the same time it will be wrong to just guess at this point. So we're going to go into this investigation with an open mind and the investigation will tell us what occurred here. >> Police have increased their presence in the neighbourhood and asking anyone with more

information to contact them. >> Multiple opioid deaths over the weekend have prompted a warning. Three people, two males and a female have died since friday in two suspected opioid poisonings in halton hills. Police say all of the deaths are being investigated by the office of the coroner and the one district criminal investigations bureau. 6:33. This is "metro morning" on cbc radio one. Ontario's privacy commissioner will public a special report related to the green belt. She will look into the use of non-government e-mails and deleted messages. The doug ford government removed landp from the protected green belt to build 50,000 homes in late 2022. Ford reversed course after months of push-back and reports from the ottawa general found the process favoured certain developers. Ndp leader marit stiles requested the special report. A councillor is concerned new low, minimums set back in 2021 may be having a negative effect on families in the suburbs who have fewer transportation option. >> You can't choose where your friends are visiting from. With regard to visitor parking, that's and area where we have to ensure there's sufficient supply in terms of fostering social connectivity. >> Jill: that report is due back at council late this year. There is a vote expected this morning regarding ownership of canada's bookstore chain. Indigo books will decide whether to accept a sweetened offer from a holding offer to take the company private. The offer requires approval by two-thirds majority vote of indigo shareholders and a simple vote not linked to trilogy and its affiliates. Volume building on the westbound 401 to the 412 approaching salem. Past bayview to yonge there the collectors and approaching own to west of avenue road in the express. For the eastbound 401, moving slowly dixie to east of knit the collectors and east of dixie in the express to dixon. Southbound 410 gets busy approaching bovaird to queen. There's volume southbound 400 from fifth line to south of aurora. 404 and the southbound don valley parkway, things are sluggish south of finch to south of lawrence. You're slowing don on the eastbound gardiner east of the humber bridge to approaching strachan. On local streets upper gerrard is down to one lane both ways east of coxwell due to T.T.C. track work. >> Jill: it is cloudy and 19° right now but it's just going to be really a mix of precipitation today with showers and thunderstorms this morning and ending this afternoon. Then a 40% chance of showers late this afternoon into this evening with a risk of a thunderstorm. 15 to 25 millimetres of precipitation today with a high of 24. Tonight's low, 14. >> Tomorrow, cloudy with a 40% chance of showers in the morning. Risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. High of 19. 19° right now. It is 6:37. >> David: pardon the pun but we floated the idea of doing this show from a canoe somewhere in the toronto area a month or so ago on the program. There have been little bit of works on that front. We were going to do a test run today but being on lake ontario in the midst of a thunderstorm is apparently not advised. More than my safety whistle can assist in trouble. >> More than our health and safety people-- >> David: they should have stopped listening to this segment a while ago. Not going to do the canoe test today. I hope we'll do a test run. We want to make sure if we actually endev very to do this show out on the watt that's right you don't lose money in any sense sense including being

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