Rewind the Cuts!

Feb 17, 2011

Rewind the Cuts!

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Two months ago, on December 13, the Conservative Government quietly slashed nearly $53 million worth of annual funding to immigrant settlement organizations. While, the cuts are nationwide, at least 85 per cent of them will be from Ontario programs. The cuts will be put into effect as of March 30, 2011. The South Asian Women’s Centre in Toronto is loosing nearly 70 % of their funding. Kripa Shekar is the Executive Director of the centre, and has been organizing against the cuts. In conversation with Maria Persdotter, Worm's Eye View Fridays 10-11 am at CJSF 90.1 FM in Burnaby