MISSISSAUGA WEATHER REPORT
Every morning, first thing (no kidding) I check out the City of Mississauga City Hall webcam. The cam helps me wonder and ponder about what's going on inside what I've come to call "The Big Yellow".
City of Mississauga WebCam
It's 7:50am and as I "refresh" the image feed, I see people coming and going at Civic Square. I get no read as to The Winds today, though. Maybe, I'll find out in the papers.... or in the City Clerk's office poring over minutes of the Audit Committee...
Usually, I hear voices. They go off inside my head all the time --and they're inescapable. Today, the dominant voice I hear is that of Ontario MPP Liberal, Brad Duguid (Parliamentary Assistant on urban issues to Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, John Gerretsen).
I'm gratified that SOMEONE so high up the Provincial Food Chain has "full confidence and always have" in municipalities. Mr. Duguid's "full-confidence-and-always-have"-voice goes off inside my head a lot.
Which brings me to yesterday's topic.
Poverty in Mississauga
Still reading "Portraits of Peel: Neighbourhood Environmental Scan 1996 to 2001." published by the Social Planning Council of Peel in September 2004. I'm ashamed to say it's taken me far too long to discover it.
One report in particular, "Facts and Faces: Strategic Review of Poverty in Peel Portraits of Peel: Facing the Facts" has really hit home. Rather than summarize that report in writing, I'll put faith in the old adage that a picture's worth a thousand words.
While this is a report on the Region of Peel, I've highlighted in yellow, the statistics specific to Mississauga (2001 data).
Now in addition to Voices, I see---
Faces, Faces of Peel --and Mississauga
Ready for the Stats?
Our Neighbours
Our Neighbours
Our Neighbours
Oh oh... another voice inside my head --
Our Esteemed Mayor
QUOTE OF THE DAY regarding The Vulnerable/The Voiceless:
"These people, these citizens cannot be ignored and abandoned. They have the right and the responsibility to ask their government for social policies and social programs that would help them to minimize their vulnerability and build healthy and productive lives." --The Social Planning Council of Peel
U. Bennett
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