Encourage your MP to attend "What's Next: How do we Address Poverty in Canada?" on Monday Dec. 5th in Ottawa!

On Monday December 5th, you're invited to Dignity for All's “What’s Next: How do we Address Poverty in Canada?" in Ottawa. Please also take a moment to contact your MP and encourage them to attend!

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Despite numerous government resolutions and reports on ending poverty in Canada, action has been slow. On Monday December 5th, the Dignity for All campaign is hosting “What’s Next: How do we Address Poverty in Canada?”, an event with MPs, people with lived experience of poverty, and social advocacy groups to seek renewed political commitments to address poverty in Canada. A copy of the invite is included below; we hope you'll join us! Please RSVP by November 29 to kizzy@cwp-csp.ca.

As of November 17th, 85 federal parliamentarians have endorsed the campaign, including 63 Members of Parliament and 22 Senators (with representation from every political party). Please take a moment to contact your MP and encourage them to attend “What’s Next?” on December 5th and, if they haven’t already, to endorse the goals of the Dignity for All campaign. For progress to be made against poverty, it’s important to have all voices at the table, regardless of party affiliation.

Thank-you for your continued support for a poverty-free Canada!
 

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Dignity for All: the campaign for a poverty-free Canada invites you to join a national conversation:

What’s next: How do we Address Poverty in Canada?

Amidst growing public concern about inequality, how can we work together to address this issue for those who feel its effects most, the poorest 10% of Canadians? The evidence and research is in. What sort of meaningful action is needed now at the federal level?

On Monday, December 5th from 5:30-7 p.m., the Dignity for All campaign for a poverty-free Canada is hosting “What’s next? How do we Address Poverty in Canada” at the Booth Building, Room 2-2, 165 Sparks Street. Please join us for a lively and engaging conversation on where we go from here on the poverty front in light of the recent federal government reports on the issue: the Senate’s In from the Margins report (2009), the House Committee’s Federal Poverty Reduction Plan (2010), and the National Council of Welfare’s The Dollars and Sense of Solving Poverty (2011). Featuring a panel of MPs, a person with lived experience of poverty, and a representative from Dignity for All, there will be opportunities to hear perspectives, share ideas, and ask questions about what next steps are needed to address poverty in Canada. The discussion will be moderated by CBC’s Laurie Fagan.

Please RSVP by November 29, 2011 to Kizzy Paris at Canada Without Poverty: kizzy@cwp-csp.ca, or 613-789-0096. We hope you are able to attend!

This event is co-sponsored by MP Jean Crowder and MP Rodger Cuzner.

We would also like to acknowledge the generous support of CUPE.

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Dignité pour touTEs: la campagne pour un Canada sans pauvreté vous invite à une conversation pancanadienne :

Et la suite? Comment combattre la pauvreté au Canada

Alors que le public s’inquiète de plus en plus des inégalités sociales, comment travailler ensemble à régler cette question pour ceux qui en souffrent le plus, les 10% les plus pauvres du Canada? Les preuves et la recherche sont là. Que faut-il faire maintenant au niveau fédéral?

Le lundi 5 décembre de 17h30 à 19h00, la campagne Dignité pour touTEs pour un Canada sans pauvreté organise une rencontre sur le thème : « Et la suite? Comment combattre la pauvreté au Canada » à l’ édifice Booth, 165, rue Sparks, pièce 2-2. Venez participer à une conversation enrichissante et animée sur nos options pour combattre la pauvreté, suite aux récents rapports du gouvernement fédéral sur la question : le rapport du Sénat (2009) Pauvreté, logement, itinérance, celui, du Comité de la Chambre (2010) Plan fédéral de réduction de la pauvreté, et celui du Conseil national du bien-être social (2011) Le sens des sous pour résoudre la pauvreté. Une table ronde réunira un député de chacun des partis, une personne ayant vécu la pauvreté et un représentant de Dignité pour touTEs. Vous pourrez connaître divers points de vue, échanger des idées et poser les questions pertinentes quant aux prochaines étapes pour combattre la pauvreté au Canada. La discussion sera animée par Laurie Fagan de CBC.

SVP répondre le 29 novembre au plus tard à Kizzy Paris de Canada sans pauvreté : kizzy@cwp-csp.ca, ou 613-789-0096. Nous espérons vous y voir.

Cet événement est parrainé conjointement par les députés Jean Crowder et Rodger Cuzner.

Nous tenons également à souligner le soutien généreux du SCFP.