{"id":34,"date":"2026-05-11T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:46:46","slug":"worth-fighting-for","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/fr\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Fighting For"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-adb0466a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Ontario, if a child needs autism services, they\u2019re put on a waitlist alongside 61,000 other kids. Meanwhile, 52,000 adults with developmental disabilities are stuck on waitlists for support.&nbsp; Children\u2019s Aid agencies across the province are warehousing kids in motels and office buildings because there aren\u2019t enough placements.&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waitlists. Broken promises. Crumbling social services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Doug Ford has underfunded our community services to the point of crisis \u2014 and it\u2019s pushing workers into poverty.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social workers, child therapists, addictions counsellors, shelter workers, legal aid staff, and countless other frontline social services workers are some of the lowest paid workers in the public sector. Ford\u2019s Bill 124 capped public sector workers\u2019 wage increases at 1% at a time of skyrocketing inflation, forcing workers to turn to food banks, moonlight in second jobs, and rack up debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation was struck down in 2022. Since then, Ford has been busy picking winners and losers, giving some workers the wages that were stolen from them while ignoring others \u2013 including community services workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column os-wff-action-column has-custom-white-color has-custom-wff-purple-350593-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4a9d9a20eeb07fd7d85a924cb6204992 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" id=\"action\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-soc-light-green-dfe-995-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-453624d0f88cfdd46e3c17c3127fb32d\">Join the fight!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Send an email to Doug Ford and your MPP, demanding they properly support community and social services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src='https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/widgets\/v5\/letter\/dont-let-doug-ford-cheat-your-community?format=js&#038;source=widget'><\/script><div id='can-letter-area-dont-let-doug-ford-cheat-your-community' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-soc-light-green-dfe-995-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bf5312d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-930feb06 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wff-community-members-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wff-community-members-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wff-community-members-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wff-community-members-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/worthfightingfor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wff-community-members.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community support workers provide critical frontline services that our kids, families, and communities rely on, dedicating their lives to supporting our communities\u2019 most vulnerable. Stability, dignity, and decent wages for workers will mean better services for all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We can\u2019t afford this crisis any longer.&nbsp;<\/strong>Ontario\u2019s public services are worth fighting for \u2013 demand fair pay for frontline social services workers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Send an email to your MPP demanding that workers in social services receive fair pay now and into the future. We\u2019ve already drafted an email, so all you have to do is fill out the form and hit send.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill wff-blue\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-wff-purple-350593-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"#action\">Act now! Send an email to your MPP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ontario, if a child needs autism services, they\u2019re put on a waitlist alongside 61,000 other kids. Meanwhile, 52,000 adults with developmental disabilities are stuck on waitlists for support.&nbsp; Children\u2019s Aid agencies across the province are warehousing kids in motels and office buildings because there aren\u2019t enough placements.&nbsp;. Waitlists. Broken promises. Crumbling social services. 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