Menu
Search results for: “node/poverty”
5 lessons from Ontario’s first poverty reduction strategy
Our content is fiercely open source and we never paywall our website. The support of our community makes this possible.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Right-wing think tank IEDM on poverty: A few flaws
A few weeks ago, researchers Yanick Labrie, Youcef Msaid, and Alexandre Moreau from the right-wing think tank Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM)…
Fast Facts: Poverty – not present in this election campaign
First published by CBC online, October 8th, 2015 If you’re following the federal election campaign you would think that poverty in Canada…
Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy can make progress on decent work
Our content is fiercely open source and we never paywall our website. The support of our community makes this possible.
To tackle working poverty, BC needs a much higher minimum wage
With today’s 20-cent minimum wage increase, BC temporarily escapes its bottom-of-the-barrel ranking as one of the lowest-paying provinces in Canada. But come…
Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Still missing a federal partner
Our content is fiercely open source and we never paywall our website. The support of our community makes this possible.
Minimum wage hike won’t ruin Alberta
The Alberta government’s plan to increase the hourly minimum wage from $10.20 to $15 by 2018 has generated considerable public debate and…
Fast Facts: Rent Assist Increase
Community work in action Thanks to community advocacy, low-income Manitobans will have more money to help pay their rent. Three years ago…