CPJ Pre-Budget Workshops on Poverty

The 2009 Federal Budget is being released on January 27 – but a strategy to address poverty in Canada is not likely to be a major element. What can we, as citizens, do?

CPJ is hosting pre-budget workshops in Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto and Whitby on addressing poverty in Canada.

Join us as we examine poverty from the perspective of human dignity, explore a federal poverty reduction strategy, and offer empowering ways that you can engage with your government and involve your faith community as we work to build a poverty-free Canada.

We will be in Kitchener-Waterloo on Thursday, January 22, from 7:00 to 9:30pm, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 825 King Street, West. This event is being co-hosted by the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary and the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition. 

We will be in Toronto on Friday, January 23 from 1:30 to 3:30pm at Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. This event is being co-hosted by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto.

We will be in Whitby on Saturday, January 24 from 10am to 12:30pm, at Hebron Christian Reformed Church, 4240 Anderson Street. This event is being co-hosted by the Deacons of Hebron Church.

For more information contact Mariel Angus at 1-800-667-8046, ext. 229 or mariel@cpj.ca.