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Infographic: From Bad to Worse: Child Poverty Rates in Canada
From bad to worse: our infographic reveals Indigenous and non-Indigenous child poverty rates across Canada, based on our study Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous children in Canada. The Atlantic and territorial numbers could not be specified as the data sets were too small to be statistically reliable at this level. They…
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2007 BC Budget must tackle poverty, homelessness
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – Amid rising public concern about poverty and homelessness, the provincial government is being urged to adopt a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy in its next budget. “With a surplus that is likely to pass the $4 billion mark next year, there is no reason why…
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Specialist offers insight into lives of WorkSafe claimants with chronic pain: poverty, depression, suicide attempts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A report released today takes an in-depth look at a sample of WCB (or Worksafe BC) claimants with chronic pain and raises the alarm about serious flaws in how WCB deals with injured workers who develop chronic pain. “I’ve been working in…
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Paying a ‘living wage’ is good for everybody
We all want Metro Vancouver to be a livable and sustainable place, for ourselves, our families and our children. However, for many families who work for low wages, municipalities across Metro Vancouver are inhospitable. We often hear about the affordability problem in our region but we rarely hear about the…
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Fast Facts: It takes all day to be poor
The State of the Inner City Report 2009 For the past five years, CCPA Manitoba has conducted inner-city research in collaboration with community-based organizations. The purpose of our research has been to chronicle the progress being made and to identify where problems continue to exist and how they might be…
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The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2010
1989–2008 Download 816.28 KB27 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the government of Canada’s 1989 promise to end child poverty by the year 2000. This year’s report card examines the period 1989 to 2008, the year…
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People with disabilities last in line
October 30th is the day that people with disabilities will begin to receive a one-time payment of $600 in recognition of the significant increase in expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The payout comes a full 14 weeks after authorizing legislation was finally passed following much political wrangling, five…
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Fast Facts: One hell of a winter unless province steps up on EIA and housing
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 19, 2020 Can you imagine your grandma deciding that sleeping outside is safer than in a shelter? For 75 year old Granny D, this was the choice she made during COVID 19. She did not want to be inside for fear of…
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The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2011
1989-2009 Download 696.25 KB11 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the government of Canada’s 1989 promise to end child poverty by the year 2000. This year’s report card examines the period 1989 to 2009, the year…
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Poverty Reduction: Even Alberta?
Currently, six provinces have official poverty reduction strategies either in place or (in the case of Manitoba) in development. BC, despite having the highest poverty rates, remains stubbornly in the minority of provinces without a plan (along with Alberta, Saskatchewan and PEI). But now comes news earlier this month that…
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Report engages youth, elders and community leaders to tackle radicalized poverty in Winnipeg
State of the Inner City 2012 READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. WINNIPEG, MB – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba (CCPA-MB) is releasing the 2012 State of the Inner City Report: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges at Thunderbird House today at 12 p.m. The report speaks to concerns raised by community-based…
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Urgent action needed to control rent increases: Submission to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
On July 3rd, we shared our recommendations regarding BC’s Residential Tenancy Act and controlling rental costs in British Columbia with the BC Rental Housing Task Force. This is our submission. As we noted in our March submission to the BC government’s poverty reduction consultation, we believe that bold action to…