MEDIA ADVISORY
TORONTO - Ontario is facing its worst economic crisis
since the Great Depression of the 1930s. No community has escaped the
effects. Unemployment is soaring and the economic and social costs of
the downturn are taking their toll on families everywhere.
The time has arrived to stop talking about the problem.
It’s time to start talking about real solutions.
That’s the aim behind the Ontario Public Service
Employees Union (OPSEU) decision to sponsor a series of forums across
Ontario beginning Monday June 22, titled A Community Response to the
Economic Crisis. In all, 12 forums have been organized between June 22
and July 21.
“The people of Ontario are resourceful, our businesses
are creative and our workforce is the finest in Canada,” said OPSEU
president Warren (Smokey) Thomas.
“The purpose of these community forums is to bring
together local leaders to assess the impact of the recession; assemble
ways to fight it, and catalogue what we need from business, government
and labour to build on our strengths and stimulate our local economies.”
Community forums will be held in the following
communities:
June 22
Sudbury, 6:30 p.m., The Caruso Club, 385 Haig St.
Peterborough, 7 p.m. Peterborough Public Library, 345
Aylmer St. N.
June 23
Thunder Bay, 12 noon, The Da Vinci Centre, 340 South
Waterloo St.
Kenora, 1 p.m., Best Western Lakeside Inn & Conference
Centre, 470 1st Avenue S.
St. Thomas, 7 p.m., Elgin Memorial Community Centre, 80
Wilson Ave.
Orillia, 7 p.m., Best Western Mariposa Inn & Conference
Centre, 400 Memorial Ave.
June 24
Thorold, 6:30 p.m., The Nick Basciano Community Centre,
131 Richmond St.
June 25
Brantford, 6 p.m., Doug Snooks Eagle Place Community
Centre, 333 Erie Ave.
June 29
Sarnia, 7 p.m., Holiday Inn, 1489 Venetian Blvd., Point
Edward
Windsor, 6:30 p.m., Fogolar Furlan Club, 1800 North
Service Rd. E.
June 30
Kingston, 7 p.m., Kingston City Hall, 216 Ontario St.
July 21
North Bay, 7 p.m., Best Western, 700 Lakeshore Dr.
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