Envisioning Canada Without Poverty - News

From September 20-22, 2010 the United Nations will host a large gathering of heads of state to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The international community will receive progress reports on poverty alleviation in the Global South and confirm new strategies. Canada has frozen international development spending, but Prime Minister Harper will attend the meeting. How will Canada measure up? Read more »

When is the best time to solve poverty?
Twenty years ago.

When is the second best time to solve poverty?
Right now.

This adaptation of a Chinese proverb encapsulates CPJ’s pre-budget brief to the Standing Committee on Finance. Read more »

CPJ policy intern Trixie Ling goes in-depth into CPJ’s May 2008 poverty reduction workshops that were held across Canada. She highlights the honest discussions and diversity of participants, noting how the momentum for a national poverty reduction strategy is growing. Read more »

May was an exciting month for CPJ as we travelled across Canada engaging people in a dialogue about poverty in Canada and suggesting ways to fight against poverty. In coordination with the recent launch of our Envisioning Canada Without Poverty (www.canadawithoutpoverty.ca) campaign, CPJ held workshops in five different cities, Ottawa, Halifax, London, Winnipeg and Edmonton, to explore a national poverty reduction strategy and empower citizens to engage in advocacy. Advocacy is an ongoing process; change does not come in a day. We must keep persisting because we have a duty to work toward a just society in which all people can live in dignity and have access to basic needs. Read more »