In the Media
A sample of recent media coverage featuring Campaign 2000 partners and our work.
2019 Highlights
Goal set in Manitoba’s new poverty reduction plan already nearly met
Winnipeg Free Press, March 4, 2019
2018 Highlights
Canadian Living (magazine), Nov. 9, 2018
Child care called key to ending child poverty
Toronto Star – November 20, 2018
Bolder action needed to reduce child poverty, Campaign 2000 report card 2018
CTV News, November 20, 2018
BC child poverty figures remain bad ut report sounds note of optimism
Vancouver Sun, Nov. 20, 2018
Child poverty rate report card released by Human Development Council, New Brunswick
Country94 News, NB, Nov. 20, 2018
Action Needed on Child Poverty: Report Card
The National Post, reprinted from a Canadian Press news story, Nov. 20, 2018
Single-mother households at much higher risk of child poverty, report says
Star Edmonton, Nov. 20, 2018
Sask. child poverty rates still among highest in Canada: report
CBC News, Regina, Nov. 22, 2018
Poverty reduction on P.E.I. still too little, says advocate
The Guardian, Nov. 29, 2018
Les enfants pauvres toujours très nombreux au Canada
Radio Canada International, Publié le vendredi 19 octobre 2018
The Ties That Bind: Four Case Studies of Issue-Based Networks
The Philanthropist, Oct. 1, 2018
Here’s just how much poverty can hold kids back
Local Love, your guide to living well and doing good, Sept. 6, 2018
Liberals vow to lift 2 million Canadians out of poverty by 2030, with no new spending
CBC News Online, August 21, 2018
The Canadian Press (The London Free Press), Aug. 21, 2018
Commentary on Federal poverty strategy
CBC Radio – Syndicate (interviews coast to coast), Aug. 2018
Leaders Who Truly Support #MeToo Should Prove It At Budget Time
The Huffington Post Op Ed, Feb. 9, 2018
Child poverty linked to discrimination, systemic inequality, study suggests
The Toronto Star, June 18, 2018
Portrait of child poverty shows Montreal ridings among the worst in Canada
Montreal Gazette, June 18, 2018
La pauvreté infantile au Canada, un constat accablant
Radio Canada French interview with a Campaign 2000 French spokesperson, June 18, 2018
A look at child poverty rates in MPs ridings
St. Catharines Standard, based on the Canadian Press news story, June 18, 2018
La pauvreté infantile est endémique dans les groupes minoritaires du Canada
Radio Canada International French, June 18, 2018
2017 Media Highlights
Liberal government urged to be more aggressive in tackling poverty
The Globe and Mail, Nov. 21, 2017
Ontario urged to make ending child poverty an election issue
The Toronto Star, Nov. 21, 2017
New housing strategy could cut into child poverty rates, groups say
The Canadian Press, Nov. 21, 2017
Coalition demands plan for child poverty
Winnipeg Free Press, Nov. 21, 2017
Family poverty rates higher in Indigenous, African-Nova Scotian communities
CBC News, Nov. 21, 2017
1 in 4 Sask. children live in poverty: report
Regina Leader-Post, Nov. 21, 2017
Manitoba gets failing grade for ‘nightmare’ rates of child poverty
CBC News, Nov. 21, 2017
Anti-poverty groups push Trudeau government to boost child benefit
Toronto Star covered the Canadian Press story, June 12, 2017
Groups push Liberals to boost child benefit to aggressively cut poverty rates
Winnipeg Free Press, June 12, 2017
CBC Radio syndicate, featuring Campaign 2000 media spokespeople on talk shows from Halifax, Sudbury, Cape Breton, Toronto, Charlottetown, to Vancouver and other cities, June 12, 2017
Federal Advocates, for the Childre
Toronto Star editorial, published on Feb. 24, 2017
2016 Highlights
Sobering child poverty stats inspire call for renewed action
Toronto Star, Nov. 24, 2016
Anti poverty groups call on Liberals to make immediate changes to child benefit
The Canadian Press and CTV News, Nov. 24, 2016
Pauvreté infantile : les efforts sont encore insuffisants selon un rapport
French CBC -ICI Radio Canada coverage, Nov. 24, 2016
Ontario urged to champion child care on national stage
Toronto Star – January 26, 2016
By: Laurie Monsebraaten
Weekend Focus: One in 3 Cape Breton children lives in poverty
The Chronicle Herald – November 28, 2015
By: Andrew Rankin
Child poverty rates in P.E.I. take a jump
CBC News – November 25, 2015
High hopes for federal action to end child poverty
Toronto Star – November 24, 2015
By: Laurie Monsebraaten
One in three Manitoba children living in poverty: report
CTV News – November 24, 2015
By: Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press
Child poverty widespread in Toronto-area ridings
Toronto Star – October 7 2015
By: Laurie Monsebraaten
Churchill riding has Canada’s highest child poverty rate
Winnipeg Sun – October 8, 2015
Child poverty remains high in Cape Breton
Cape Breton Post – October 9, 2015
By: Nancy King
How Many Poor Kids Live in Your Riding?
The Tyee – October 9, 2015
By: Katie Hyslop
Anti-poverty group and allies highlight broken poverty promises by all levels of government
Rabble.ca – September 21, 2015
By Krystalline Kraus