Dispatching povertyI shake my head and bite the inside of my cheeks, wishing that just one of these people could look and act like what they do--like Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons," for instance. Someone you could love to hate. But the world ain't that simple. Or that easy. --Pat Capponi, on life in Mike Harris's Ontario, from her new book Dispatches from the Poverty Line. As the country starts to come down with a case of election fever, Dispatches from the Poverty Line might be just what the doctor ordered. Toronto writer Capponi, whose book evolved from a long open letter to Ontario Premier Mike Harris, describes life in Toronto on a welfare income, and how it just doesn't jibe with government and media hysteria about welfare fraud and overly lavish social spending.
In honour of the publication of Dispatches from the Poverty Line, Chapters book stores across the country will be holding a food drive during the month of May. Bring non-perishable food items to the Montreal store at 1171 Ste-Catherine W. Jacquie Charlton
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