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Little change in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate since pledge to eliminate
Halifax—In 2011, there were still 29,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, twenty-two years after the House of Commons pledged to eliminate poverty for children in Canada by the year 2000. This represents 17.3% of all children and is the fifth highest rate in Canada. Indeed, the province has…
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UNSPUN: Community Benefits in Procurement
Elections are noisy and cluttered affairs that can make it difficult for some of the most promising, Manitoba-made policy innovations to get the attention they deserve. One of these policies is the use of day-to-day government purchasing to provide job and training opportunities for people with barriers to employment. Little-known…
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Three decades lost: not even a 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989
It has been 30 years since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. It is also almost 30 years since Canada ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Article 27 of the Convention directs signatories to…
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Fight poverty to spur recovery
Two years ago, most Canadians were enjoying the peak of a 10-year economic growth phase that helped rank Canada among the 10 biggest economies on the planet. Then, in the fall of 2008, the global economic meltdown came crashing down on Canada, knocking hundreds of thousands of workers into unemployment.…
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Will job creation solve our poverty problems?
You may recall that during the leaders’ debate prior to last May’s election, Gordon Campbell argued that creating jobs is the best poverty reduction strategy out there. Since his re-election, the government’s attention has been focused on the economy, while social policy has taken a back seat. But is this…
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Poverty-reduction plan smart economics
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will have food for a lifetime.” So goes the saying that has been used to describe the problems with charity (“ handouts”) and to illustrate why there is a need for…
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Vancouver child poverty rate is second-highest in Canada
The story of child poverty in Canada is very much an urban story. One out of every 10 children living in urban areas was poor in 2010, compared to one in 20 children living in non-urban areas. Three quarters (or 76%) of all poor children in Canada lived in one…
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Platform Crunch: Eradicating Poverty
What a difference a few years make. Tackling poverty and inequality were key themes in the 2015 election. This year, they have been muscled out by talk of affordability and tax cuts. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an excellent opportunity to take stock of where we are – and…
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15,000 Nova Scotia children still in poverty
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty since 1999. Each annual card has tracked progress on the government of Canada’s 1989 promise to end child poverty. The report released today, by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,…
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Child poverty by federal ridings in Canada
There is room to set more ambitious goals on an accelerated timeline.
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Report: Does the Saskatchewan Government’s Anti-Poverty Strategy Measure Up?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina – In the summer of 2012, the Saskatchewan government published its anti-poverty strategy “From Dependence to Independence” claiming that no previous administration in the province had approached the challenge of poverty “with a comparable commitment to holistic, cross-government solutions.” A new report from the Saskatchewan Office…
