The federal government launched its poverty reduction strategy, Opportunity for All, in August 2018. As part of the strategy, Canada will be adopting the Market Basket Measure (MBM) as the official poverty line. Currently, the federal government has initiated a consultation on the MBM as part of a review and update to the measure. The results will…Continue reading Help Shape Canada’s Official Poverty Line!
Dignity, inclusion and empowerment are some of the buzzwords found within the August release of Canada’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy, Opportunity for All. The strategy announced by Minister Jean-Yves Duclos provides a solid base for the anti-poverty community to celebrate the feat, as well as regroup advocacy efforts around one common goal: a Canada without…Continue reading Moving towards a poverty-free Canada
This October 17th, the flurry of activity on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty left all of us at Dignity for All feeling grateful and energized.
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?)
Originally published in The Hill Times. By Jim Creskey It’s about the children. Nothing brought this home more than the 2015 photo of the body of a three-year-old Syrian refugee boy, Alan Kurdi, washed up on a beach in Turkey. The heartbreaking photo, appearing during the last federal election, stirred up the empathy of many Canadians…Continue reading When a heart-wrenching photo made it better for children
Volunteers call for the federal government to build on the newly-released Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy in Budget 2019 to end poverty in Canada.
This past August was a historic month for many in Canada’s anti-poverty community.
We reviewed the government’s first poverty reduction strategy, Opportunity for All, to see how it measures up to the Dignity for All model anti-poverty plan, which has been endorsed by over 12,000 groups and individuals across the country. Read our one-pagers on key policy areas below: Strategy Targets Measurements and Tracking Progress Official Poverty Line National Council and Accountability…Continue reading How does Opportunity for All measure up?
Watch this space for response and analysis of the release of the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy by Dignity for All and partners. Page will be updated as more responses become available. Organizational responses Dignity for All campaign Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) Canada Without Poverty (CWP) Campaign 2000 Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) …Continue reading Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy Analysis
