L’obligation morale de mettre fin à la pauvreté a toujours existé, d’abord et avant tout, pour les personnes qui vivent dans le besoin. Nous savons que les dépenses associées à la pauvreté coutent très chère au gouvernement et à la société. Dans ce document, le troisième d’une sériel sur les coûts de la pauvreté dans les provinces maritimes, nous déterminons combien il en coûte à la population du Nouveau-Brunswick de ne pas mettre fin à la pauvreté.
Inequality and poverty
There has always existed a moral obligation to end poverty, first and foremost for those who are living in poverty. However, we also know that the wide-ranging costs to government and to society as a whole make a strong business case for ending poverty. In this, the third in our series on the cost of poverty in the Maritimes, we see just how much it actually costs New Brunswickers to allow poverty to continue.
I recently heard a caller to a radio talk-show complain about poor people turning to government for assistance to survive. He suggested that community efforts, such as food banks and charity, should suffice.
And from his grave, Dickens groaned.
One measure of a civilization is how it treats its disadvantaged. Nordic countries excel here. With generally successful economies and the highest taxes, they enjoy commensurate standards of living.
Over the last few years, the Province of Manitoba has invested millions of dollars in renovating and providing resources in two public housing complexes in Winnipeg, Lord Selkirk Park and Gilbert Park. These renovations were significant, and included complete interior and exterior renovations to all of the housing units as well as improvement in security services, area parks, and neighbourhood amenities and services. These investments have re-energized the two communities, and are making a positive difference in tenants' day-to-day lives.
Over the last few years, the Province of Manitoba has invested millions of dollars in renovating and providing resources in two public housing complexes in Winnipeg, Gilbert Park and Lord Selkirk Park. These investments have re-energized the two communities, and are making a positive difference in tenants' day-to-day lives.
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.
As we celebrate National Aboriginal Day this year, we must also take the opportunity to consider the unacceptable conditions so many Canadian Aboriginal people struggle with. This reality is sadly reflected in a newly released report on Indigenous Children in Canada. This CCPA National report finds that Canada cannot and need not allow yet another generation of Indigenous citizens to languish in poverty.
A recent report by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) examines the health of tenants in Manitoba Housing. It finds that overall, tenants in Manitoba Housing have worse health outcomes than other Manitobans. However, when income is taken into account, the report finds that tenants in Manitoba housing have the same health outcomes in six of 11 indicators as people with comparable incomes, worse health outcomes in three indicators, and better health outcomes in two indicators.
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 and identifies three tiers of poverty for children in Canada based on data from the 2006 census, which is the most recent data available on Indigenous child poverty:
OTTAWA – Les enfants autochtones du Canada sont deux fois et demie plus susceptibles de vivre dans la pauvreté que les enfants non autochtones, selon une étude dévoilée aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) et Aide à l’enfance Canada.
L’étude désagrège les statistiques sur la pauvreté chez les enfants et dégage, chez les enfants du Canada, trois niveaux de pauvreté basés sur des données tirées du recensement de 2006, les plus récentes disponibles sur la pauvreté chez les enfants autochtones :