A mother with no idea how she’ll find enough money for an expensive daycare by next week. An elderly woman mourning the loss of the activities that gave her life meaning. All came to a community meeting in North York on Thursday night to plead for help after Doorsteps Neighbourhood Services, a beloved local non-profit, closed suddenly earlier this month. Behind the speakers sat a half-circle of empty chairs, labelled with the names of 10 local politicians who didn’t attend. “We don’t need them,” said Deloris Williamson Braham, whose nine-year-old son went to Doorsteps.

Source: thestar September 01, 2017 17:26 UTC