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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON, August 21, 2018 — Following years of advocacy from anti-poverty groups across Canada, the federal government has released the first-ever federal Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy. With nearly five million people in Canada living in poverty and one in eight families struggling to put food on the table, this marks an…Continue reading Dignity for All welcomes launch of Canada’s first national poverty plan →

Originally published in The Hill Times. By Darlene O’Leary and Liz Majic The time is long overdue for Canada to eliminate poverty. The federal government is set to launch the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS) in the next few weeks. For anti-poverty groups awaiting the release of the country’s first national plan to address poverty, it is a momentous…Continue reading Here’s what Canada’s first national anti-poverty plan needs →

The Dignity for All campaign was present at the Wabano Centre in Ottawa last week where Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott was holding a town hall to mark the National Indigenous Peoples Day. Throughout the day government, civil society, and individuals alike celebrated the unique cultures and contributions by Inuit, Metis, and First Nations…Continue reading Reconciliation is Key for Canada’s Poverty Plan →

Last month, the federal government released Budget 2018. The Dignity for All (DFA) campaign was encouraged to see two positive anti-poverty measures linked to income security included in Budget 2018: indexing the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) and strengthening the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB), now called the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB). We also applaud the…Continue reading A breakdown of anti-poverty measures in Budget 2018 →