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Important Notice:

Community Living Ontario has developed a petition to the Ontario Legislature on the issue of the government's broken promise related to the 4th year funding commitment. 

We are asking for your immediate support in signing and circulating this petition. Click here to open the petition.

Because of specific requirements for legislative petitions, please open the petition and print out as many copies of the signature page as you will need. The original signed petition can be returned to your local association (for Community Living Peterborough contact info click here), Community Living Ontario (click here) or you can contact your local MPP directly to impress upon them the urgency of this issue and ask that they present the petition in the Legislature (Click here to find your local MPP) (click here or see below for Peterborough MPP, Jeff Leal). The petition does not need a lot of signatures to be read in the legislature so please take a moment to print, sign and send!  Read more on the background information here... 

 

Contact Your MP-MPP

The following information is provided to assist you in contacting your federal Member of Parliament (MP) or Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and Members of (federal) Parliament (MP) are your elected representatives and the primary contact point with the provincial and federal governments. You are encouraged to contact them if you need information about government services, require assistance in dealing with any branch of provincial or federal government, wish to share an opinion, issue or concern of importance to you, or wish to call, write or visit.

A current list of Ontario’s MPPs is available from Elections Ontario. During a federal election, a list of candidates running in your riding can be found at www.elections.ca. Elections Canada can be reached, toll free, by calling 1-800-463-6868, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time).

 

Local MP and MPP: 

 

 

        

Dean Del Mastro, MP, Peterborough

Constituency Mailing Address: 1840 Lansdowne St. W, P.O. Box 21030 Peterborough, ON K9J 8M7 705-745-2108

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Jeff Leal, MPP, Peterborough 

Constituency Office, 236 King St. Peterborough, ON K9J 7L8

705-742-3777 

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D. Paul Ayotte, Mayor, Peterborough

City Hall, 500 George Street, N. Peterborough, ON K9H 3R9 705-742-7777 X1870

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Hon. Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community & Social Services

Hepburn Block, 6th Floor, 80 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, ON   M7A 1E9 416-325-5225

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Resources:

Call to Action on Ratifying and Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ontario Budget 2009-10

Federal Election 2008: Making Disability an Issue

 

Bill 77

An act An Act to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities, to repeal the Developmental Services Act and to amend certain other statutes", was introduced to the legislature for first reading on May 15, 2008 by Honourable Madeleine Meilleur. It passed second reading on June 2 and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.  The Standing Committee held public hearings on the Bill on four dates, August 5, 6, 7 and 8 and met on September 8 for a clause by clause debate of amendments to the Act based on the input received from the public.

Resources:
Bill 77
Community Living Ontario Resources 
Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Bill 77