TCA Resource Links

• Temporary Care Assistance report 2008 http://www.regional.niagara.on.ca/living/saeo/reports/pdf/COM30-2008.pdf

• Temporary Care Assistance Press March 01,2011 End Time Limits on Temporary Care Assistance - Miller demands McGuinty Liberals listen to tribunal, end penalties on grandparents http://www.paulmillermpp.ca/pages/news_110301tca.html

• February 21, 2011 Letters to the Editor By Toronto Sun Readers http://www.torontosun.com/comment/letters/2011/02/18/17330576.html

• February 16, 2011 Grandparents and taxpayers deserve better http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/christina_blizzard/2011/02/16/17303656.html#/comment/columnists/christina_blizzard/2011/02/16/pf-17303656.html

• January 21 2011 Doug Stewart quoted in thestar.com on the social injustice faced by many grandparents http://www.fmc-law.com/News/0111_Douglas_Stewart_Social_Injustice_Grandparents.aspx

• Jan 21, 2011 Family support: Help grandma help the kids http://spon.ca/family-support-help-grandma-help-the-kids/2011/01/23/comment-page-1/#comment-15879

• Jan. 19, 2011 Rare win for grandparents: Financial support reinstated http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/924295--victory-for-grandparents-financial-support-reinstated?bn=1

• January 14, 2011 An Ongoing Saga: Temporary Care Assistance for Grandparents http://www.carp.ca/advocacy/adv-article-display.cfm?documentID=5385 http://www1.carp.ca/PDF/SBT%20Decision%200812-10389.pdf http://www1.carp.ca/PDF/SBTDecisionMediaRelease.pdf

• January 14, 2011An Ongoing Saga: Temporary Care Assistance for Grandparents http://www.carp.ca/advocacy/adv-article-display.cfm?documentID=5385

• Jan. 11/2011 Social Benefits Tribunal Finds Ministry Practices Still at Odds with the Law http://www.fmc-law.com/News/0111_PBLO_Social_Benefits_Tribunal.aspx

• June 01, 2010 Miller Fights for Grandparents Raising At-Risk Youth - Proposes law to restore assistance for seniors raising at-risk grandchildren http://www.paulmillermpp.ca/pages/news_100601tca.html

• February 17, 2010 CARP calls on Ontario Government to reinstate Grandparents' Allowance pursuant to Tribunal decision http://www.carp.ca/advocacy/adv-article-display.cfm?documentid=4567

• Dec.03, 2008 Miller Wins Funding Fix for Grandparents - MPP's determined advocacy forces policy change, halts future cutoffs http://www.paulmillermpp.ca/pages/news_081203fix.html

• November 25, 2008 Province counts its pennies rather than support families http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/542718

• Nov. 22, 2008 London grandparents protest changes to funding program for caregivers http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=11791

• November 20, 2008 Ontario grandparents demand fair funding to raise grandkids http://ontariondp.com/node/2207

• Nov. 19, 2008 Dombrowsky defends government-over-helping-grandparents http://www.quintenews.com/?s=Grandparents&searchsubmit=Search

• Nov. 17, 2008 North Hastings woman protests government cuts http://www.quintenews.com/2008/11/north-hastings-woman-protests-government-cuts/

• Nov 10, 2008 Rasing their children's children - Local grandparents distraught after funding cut http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/article/112489

• November 9, 2008  Tarnished golden years - Temporary Care Assistance guidelines shock grandparents on a pension raising kids http://www.torontosun.com:80/news/canada/2008/11/09/7352346-sun.html

• Nov. 04, 2008 Government Continues Attack on Grandparents - Liberal MPPs turn out en masse, vote down NDP efforts to reinstate support http://www.paulmillermpp.ca/pages/news_081104opp_day_tca.html

• October 2008 Rule clampdown hits grandparents raising children http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/515224 Oct. 08, 2008 McGuinty Government Abandons Grandparents - Changes rules of Ontario Works program used to help raise at-risk grandchildren http://www.paulmillermpp.ca/pages/news_081009grandparents.html

• Oct. 23, 2008 Miller Stands Up for Grandparents, Gets Ejected - Erupts as Minister refuses to come clean on changes to Temporary Care Assistance  http://www.paulmillermpp.ca/pages/news_081023ejected.html

 

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