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  • Wishing away child poverty

    This past week, local CTV news ran a series on child poverty called “BC’s Shame”. They’ve posted the series on their website, along with the full interview reporter Mi-Jung Lee had with Premier Campbell about child poverty. The series was very good, but the premier’s comments were disappointing. Premier Campbell…

  • 2016 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia

    Another Year, No Improvement Download 841.61 KB32 pages This year’s Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia finds that while there was a slight decrease in child poverty nationally between 2013 and 2014, the child poverty rate in Nova Scotia remains stubbornly high. According to the report…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    A call to all BC political parties: time to commit to a poverty reduction plan

    In early February, over 200 organizations and community leaders from across BC issued an open letter to BC political parties, calling on them to commit – prior to the May election –– to a comprehensive poverty reduction plan, with legislated targets and timelines. We were among the signatories. The time…

  • New Campbell government needs to make poverty reduction a focus

    During the recent provincial election campaign, Premier Campbell was repeatedly asked by reporters and citizens if a re-elected Liberal government would bring in a comprehensive poverty reduction plan with legislated targets and timelines. On each occasion, he said no. Instead, the premier insisted his goal is “to have the lowest…

  • 2014 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia

    A Generation of Broken Promises Download 776.77 KB26 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the House of Commons’ 1989 pledge to end child poverty by the year 2000. This 25th anniversary of the pledge must be a…

  • Child Poverty in BC — taking a look back

    In response to the provincial government’s efforts to explain away child poverty stats, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition (which produces the annual BC child poverty report card) has started to produce monthly fact sheets to set the record straight. The first of these short reports was posted…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Fast Facts: Further poverty reduction efforts needed in Manitoba

    There is some good news in the Province’s recently released second annual All Aboard report, which tracks poverty and social exclusion in Manitoba. However, it’s clear that much more needs to be done. The report looks at 21 indicators covering areas such as housing, community belonging, education, employment, earnings, poverty…

  • Poverty reduction and the party platforms

    The CCPA is a member of the BC Poverty Reduction Committee, the network that has been pressing all the BC political parties to commit to a comprehensive poverty reduction plan. Over 280 organizations have now signed an Open Letter to all the political parties calling on them to commit to…

  • Solidarity and Persistence in the Welfare Food Challenge

    My clinical, community, and research work revolves around the relationship between poverty and health. I am privileged to hear the stories of patients who are struggling. I get it, I think to myself, and I’m committed to making a change. Do I need to do the welfare food challenge to…

  • Poverty and BC’s high cost of housing

    BC Stats put out a release on poverty lines as they relate to BC, with an important finding: BC’s dubious position as having the highest poverty rates in Canada may in fact be worse than the statistics show. This finding is buried in the piece and the title, “Low Income…

  • Latest Statscan poverty numbers paint bleak picture for BC

    Statistics Canada has released Incomes in Canada for 2011, with the latest poverty rates. You can find it here. And the numbers for BC are grim indeed, painting a very different picture from the rosy one the government likes to present. First Call has put out a news release detailing…

  • Lack of action on poverty costs BC $8-$9 billion annually: study calculates healthcare, justice and productivity costs

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Watch the 3-minute video here. Vancouver–Governments frequently claim that they can’t afford to take action on poverty, but a new study shows that it’s much more costly to allow poverty to continue and pay for the consequences. Poverty is consistently linked to poor health, lower…