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stouflvillesuntribimem saturday oct 202007 9 step up poverty battle protesters tell government byjoefantauzzi staff writer caroline was just a toddler when her father died killed while working on a hydro line caroline said her mom was left alone with two young daughters her 19yearold mother suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized at whitby psychiatric hospital where she was sterilized caroline said i know what its like to grow up in child poverty she said although shes self- employed as a caricature art ist she has problems with her teeth it hurts to bite down sometimes she said caroline a york region resident who didnt want her full name used cannot afford to have those prob lems fixed she consulted a dental school and was told her prob lem was too complicated for work to be done she said income shouldnt keep you from having good health she said caroline made her story public wednesday during a gathering at fairy lake in newmarket organized by poverty action for change coalitions york region branch wednesday was this years international day for the eradication of poverty an event first recognized by the united nations in 1993 i think dental care should be treated like ohip she said people are not poor because of their own fault it doesnt take much to be a write off society has written off poor people good employment is a major barrier standing in the way of eroding poverty according to caroline people need to have bet ter opportunities she said today you have to beg for minimum wage jobs stacie reid and adam morier both 17 heard about the poverty rally through friends stacie said she hopes awareness of poverty in york region will be raised follow ing the gathering more can be done for those in poverty adam said can we help them right now and make their lives bet ter i think so he said the business community should be more open with its hiring practices aurora resi dent miloslav prikryl said people in business should not think profit is every thing he said it is not just to give somebody money but selfconfidence im sure 200 bucks doesnt mean much to a company but it means a lot to a person social services are also important but should not be paid for at the local level he said what that leads to is if the region hikes its property tax rate residents regardless of their income pay the increase newly reelected new marketaurora mpp frank klees also addressed the rally mr klees has called for municipal provincial and federal representatives as well as the private sector to develop a poverty reduction strategy for the region mr klees has committed to taking an active role in such a group poverty is too often dis cussed and reported on at the 30000 foot level where we can make claims of prog ress without admitting we are failing real people on the ground mr klees said it is clear people are fall ing through the social safety nets and we have a responsi bility to identify how we can help people overcome bar riers in their lives that are 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