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  • Where’s the fanfare for tackling poverty effectively?

    Connecting the dots between three political moments over three months The following op-ed was originally published in The Georgia Straight. On June 16, I attended the B.C. government’s Disability Summit, the culmination of a three-month public consultation process on disability in B.C. I watched Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation…

  • Growing Gap

    40% of Indigenous children in Canada live in poverty: study

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Save the Children Canada. The study disaggregates child poverty statistics…

  • Our take on BC Budget 2020

    BC Budget 2020 is light on new announcements. It largely marks the final year of implementation of the ambitious three-year plan set out back in 2018 to tackle some of our biggest social and economic challenges head on. The good news is that it delivers on key commitments made (and…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    The time is now for a legislated poverty reduction plan

    200 community organizations & leaders to BC political parties CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT On February 5, the CCPA’s BC Office joined with 200 other organizations from across the province as signatories to an open letter calling for a legislated poverty reduction plan. Together these groups launched a…

  • Good Economy Project
    Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    A $15 minimum wage for BC would put a serious dent in working poverty

    BC is a prosperous province in a prosperous country, but we have done a poor job of sharing that prosperity. Inequality in BC has increased substantially over the last 30 years and we’ve had the worst or second worst poverty rate in Canada for several years running. Inequality and poverty…

  • CCPA Review: Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Setting Social Assistance Rates

    Over the past ten years, we have begun to see provincial governments across the country implement poverty reduction plans in various forms. Manitoba is the most recent to introduce anti-poverty legislation. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Act includes requirements for the government to take its poverty reduction and social inclusion strategy…

  • Over 125 organizations and advocates demand BC enact pay equity legislation

    READ THE OPEN LETTER. VANCOUVER, UNCEDED XʷMƏΘKʷƏY̓ƏM (MUSQUEAM), SḴWX̱WÚ7MESH (SQUAMISH) AND SƏLILWƏTAɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) HOMELANDS – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates are calling on the BC government to urgently enact pay equity legislation. In an open letter addressed to Premier David Eby and key cabinet…

  • Anti-poverty movement, meet the culture of medicine.

    The evidence for the burden of income inequality on health is plentiful and convincing, with inequity and its health impact both increasing in British Columbia in recent years. Many voices are calling for attention to poverty reduction and a living wage. But what happens when you add doctors into this conversation? Progress and challenges both.…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Winnipeg Without Poverty

    Calling on the City to Lead Download 4.14 MB60 pages This report, endorsed by more than 90 organizations, calls on Winnipeg’s Mayor to be a champion for poverty reduction and commit to leading the development of a comprehensive poverty reduction plan. Up to 107,000 Winnipeggers are living in poverty. The…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Reducing Poverty to Improve Educational Outcomes

    What a School Division and a Local Community Can do Together Download 906.23 KB36 pages Many Manitobans express concern when international ratings of students’ educational achievements such as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) are released. “What is wrong with our educational system,” people ask when Manitoba is seen…

  • 2020 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Willful Neglect?

    Click here to download the pdf version of this file.

  • Nova Scotia Alternative Budget

    Fast Facts: Let’s Make Poverty Reduction a Priority

    In Nova Scotia, 75,000 people—including children, people with disabilities, seniors, parents, and single people— live in circumstances that compromise their health because they are deprived of basic needs such as adequate food, clothing, and housing. Poverty takes its toll on individuals, families and communities, but failure to address poverty costs…