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  • 14,000 children in Nova Scotia still living in poverty is 14,000 too many

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS –Twenty-one years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by the year 2000. In 2000, not only had they not kept the promise, but the child poverty rate was even higher. Today, 10 years after the goal date,…

  • Poverty comes with a high price tag

    It’s no secret that British Columbia has a problem with poverty. Many of us do our part and contribute to food drives and other worthy causes. But how many British Columbians realize that poverty is costing us – all of us – a lot more than a few cans of…

  • Stop the Cheques, Invest in Education Instead

    Previously published in the Brandon Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press March 4, 2023 The Manitoba government is playing a shell game: using federal and inflationary windfall revenue to give out tax cuts while neglecting public spending needs. Manitobans want the province to stop the tax cuts and adequately fund…

  • Poverty Reduction: When will the government start listening to British Columbians?

    If the government were listening to British Columbians, it would have heard that families are struggling to make ends meet because of rising food and housing costs, childcare fees, MSP premiums, and hydro rates. It would have heard that over 1,000 people in the highest-ever homeless count in Vancouver this…

  • Charity is not the right way to tackle poverty in British Columbia

    The existence of poverty in British Columbia is a violation of human rights. There is not only a moral duty to eradicate poverty but also a legal obligation under international human rights law. Just before the holidays, December 10 was International Human Rights Day but we have little to celebrate…

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    Working poverty on the rise in Metro Vancouver

    Thanks to the Labour movement, we’ve made significant gains in working conditions over the years. On average, unionized employees make higher wages than non-unionized employees, and are more likely to receive health benefits and to have pension plans. But for those people working at or minimally above the minimum wage,…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    We all pay for poverty

    BC needs a plan British Columbians are distressed by poverty and growing homelessness in our midst, but too often we feel resigned — that nothing can be done, that seeing poor people sleeping in the streets is the new normal. Not so. There is nothing inevitable about poverty and homelessness…

  • Poverty Reduction Act tabled by Opposition in the BC Leg

    The following news release was issued today by the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition: Opposition proposes BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act: Now is the time for bi-partisan collaboration in addressing the root causes of poverty (British Columbia) Today in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition (MLA Michelle Mungall) introduced…

  • BC needs to get to work on working poverty

    Over 100,000 working-age people in Metro Vancouver were working but stuck below the poverty line in 2012, not counting students and young adults living at home with their parents. This is the striking finding of my new report, co-published by the CCPA, the United Way of the Lower Mainland and…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    Working Poverty in Metro Vancouver

    Download 4.09 MB36 pages This study examines Metro Vancouver working poverty trends by neighbourhood pre- and post- the 2008 recession. We are often told that the solution to poverty is for the poor to “get a job” or for various sectors to create more jobs. But this study finds that…

  • Fast Facts: Winnipeg poverty reduction plan needs financial commitment

    On November 25th the City of Winnipeg passed its first ever poverty reduction strategy.

  • 2021 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia

    Read the news release here