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New study reveals the most and least expensive Canadian cities for child care
OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals the most and least expensive cities for child care in Canada.
Ils grandissent si vite
Frais de garde d’enfants dans les villes canadiennes 2015 Download 927.05 KB 44 pages Cet étude révèle les villes où les garderies sont les plus…
Infographie: frais de garde d’enfants, 2015
Ils grandissent si vite Les coûts élevés des services de garde dans de nombreuses villes constituent, entre autres, un problème majeur. Notre rapport récent examine…
State of the Inner City Report 2015
Drawing on our strengths Download 1.57 MB76 pages Poverty is deeply-rooted, spatially-concentrated, complex, often racialized, and not quickly solved. It damages, and in some cases…
Fast Facts: Community plays an important role in poverty reduction
Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on December 4th, 2015. I teach in the Department of Urban and Inner City Studies at the University of…
5 lessons from Ontario’s first poverty reduction strategy
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Five lessons from the failing fight against child poverty
Ontario vowed to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent between 2008 and 2013. It came nowhere close. What can we learn from that failure?…
Child and Family Poverty Still on Rise in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX— Child and family poverty in Nova Scotia has increased. The most recent data reveal that 37,650 children, more than 1 in 5, were living…
2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
End It Now Download 1.07 MB28 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress…
National Housing Day: A profile of WestEnd Commons
This past weekend marked Canada’s National Housing Day. In recent history, housing in Canada hasn’t been a hopeful topic. In 1993 federal funds for new…
What you need to know about the challenges of ending homelessness in Canada
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Fast Facts: Throne speeches put poverty on the agenda
There was encouraging news in Manitoba’s 2015 Speech from the Throne for people working to end poverty in Manitoba. In several areas, the Manitoba government…
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