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Article: Faith leaders ask Ontario politicians for commitments to poor and vulnerable. (Canadian News).
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Ontario faith leaders are asking the three provincial party leaders to make their election platforms reflect the concern of Ontario citizens for people who are poor, physically or mentally challenged, homeless, unable to pay for medical prescriptions, and hungry. In a letter written under the banner of the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition, an association of 19 groups encompassing Buddhist, Christian (including the Presbyterian Church), Hindu, Islamic and Jewish beliefs, the faith leaders wrote: "We believe the true stature of our society is not measured by how we treat those who are perceived to be 'successful,' but rather by the degree we are prepared to ...