Author: Deborah Mebude

One year after releasing Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy, Opportunity for All, the Government of Canada has introduced the Members of the newly formed National Advisory Council on Poverty. For Immediate Release Unceded Algonquin Territory [Ottawa] (August 22, 2019) — Dignity for All applauds the federal government’s institution of a National Advisory Council on Poverty,…Continue reading Members of National Advisory Council on Poverty announced on first anniversary of Opportunity for All →

The Dignity for All Campaign and Campaign 2000, along with over 500 anti-poverty advocates and organizations, have sent an open letter to the federal government with recommendations to strengthen the forthcoming legislation of Canada’s first federal poverty reduction strategy. For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON, February 20, 2019 – Ahead of the federal government’s legislation of…Continue reading Advocates from across Canada Call on Feds to Step Up Poverty Legislation in Open Letter →

The Dignity for All campaign has drafted a letter to be sent to Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, the Member of Parliament responsible for Canada’s poverty reduction strategy, with recommendations to strengthen Bill C-87, An Act respecting the reduction of poverty. Along with partners, we are calling on the government to align Canada with our obligations under international human…Continue reading Open Letter: Strengthen Canada’s Poverty Reduction Bill →

Here’s what news outlets across Canada had to say about ChewOnThis! 2018: Radio Canada: Une carte postale destinée à Justin Trudeau pour lutter contre la pauvreté Red Deer Advocate: Chew On This! campaign draws attention to national poverty  Blackburn News: Windsor activists demand end to poverty with ‘Chew on This!’ campaign         The Guardian…Continue reading ChewOnThis! 2018 Receives National Coverage →

Originally published in The Hill Times. By Joe Gunn  On Oct. 17, the world commemorated the UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty—but you could be forgiven for not noticing. Canadian media were not paying attention to poverty concerns that day, but readers and viewers were being swamped with an avalanche of reporting about…Continue reading Will the poor always be with us? (and would we notice?) →