He wants you to buy food at his stores to donate to food banks. Don’t let Galen Weston Jr.’s charitable activities fool you. Galen Weston Jr. is president of Loblaw Companies Ltd., which owns more than a thousand grocery stores. His salary in 2013 was $4.3 million. The Westons are the second richest family in Canada, with a net worth of $9 billion. What keeps Galen Weston Jr. and his family wealthy—while creating poverty and income inequality—is paying low wages and low corporate taxes. The Weston family foundation has given $22 million to the Fraser Institute1, an organization that promotes low corporate taxes2. 1) see: www.tinyurl.com/l8ckpy5 2) see: www.tinyurl.com/l9gtkcb QUESTION: Why does Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne let Galen Weston Jr. (and other corporate CEOs) get away with paying poverty wages and the lowest corporate income tax rates in Canada? Join the campaign to put food in the budget. See back for more details on this systemic injustice, and how you can help change it. .ca #pfib @putfoodinbudget Food for When shopping in any Weston grocery store (Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, Zehrs, Your Independent Grocer, Valu-Mart, Fortinos, nofrills, Thought Wholesale Club or Shoppers Drug Mart), consider this: Loblaws cashiers are paid as little as $11/hour — below the poverty line! — and may not get the chance to work full time. LOW WAGE WORKER FOOD BANK POVERTY WAGE 48,000 (12%) of the 400,000 people who go to food banks every month in Ontario work at low-wage jobs. LOW WAGE At the checkout, you may be asked to donate $2 to Galen Weston Jr.’s charity for children. Many Ontario children live in low-income families because of low minimum wages or inadequate social assistance (welfare). $656 HELP THE CHILDREN A single person on Ontario Works (welfare) receives a maximum of $656 per month. After the rent is paid, often nothing remains to spend in any grocery store. As you leave the store, you may pass a box where Galen Weston Jr. asks you to donate food that you bought — making a profit for him — so he can give it to a food bank. FOOD BANK PROFIT$ FOOD DONATIONS CONSUMER RENT GROCERIES PLEASE DONATE CHILD POVERTY POOR FAMILY CORPORATE FOOD DONATION When the real purpose of a corporation is to create private wealth for owners like the Westons —we can't trust them to end poverty. ACTION! Tell Premier Kathleen Wynne to act now — put food in the budget! Contact Premier Wynne and tell her that you support the demands of the Put Food in the Budget campaign to ensure that everyone can live in health and dignity: RAISE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE RATES RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR RAISE CORPORATE TAXES These measures will ensure that people can meet their basic needs, while providing revenue the government needs. Learn more about our campaign at Contact the Premier by mail: Kathleen Wynne, Premier Legislative Building, Queen's Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 by email: [email protected] by phone: 416-325-1941 .ca #pfib @putfoodinbudget
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