Hamilton The ACORN Canada biennial convention is many things to many people, especially ACORN members, but it is also a measuring stick of the increasing power and influence of the organization. There were more members in attendance. There were more cities represented. Even the fact that the convention was held in Hamilton where the organization …
Category: Canada
Double Whammy on the Desperate in Ontario
Hamilton The ACORN Canada board and annual general meeting was in full force before the biennial convention was scheduled to begin in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton is a former steel-making, industrial city along Lake Ontario, roughly midway between Toronto, the queen city of Canada, and Buffalo, New York. Hamilton is having a revival of sorts, but that …
Donald Ford, Doug Trump, Whatever?
Toronto When last I visited Canada and met with leaders and organizers of ACORN Canada everyone was still reeling at the horror of Doug Ford becoming premier of Ontario, the economic and political core of the country. Ford was a well-known commodity having been a Toronto city councilor and the right-hand of his brother Rob …