Want to learn more about Canada’s first Poverty Reduction Act (PRA)?
February 11, 2019
Join the Webinar: Why Legislate? Making Canada’s Poverty Reduction Act Law February 19 from 1:00– 2:00 pm EST, hosted by Canada without Poverty (CWP). We’ll answer questions like: What’s so important about the legislation attached to Canada’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy? What has the federal government proposed and how can it be strengthened? And what… Continue reading Want to learn more about Canada’s first Poverty Reduction Act (PRA)?
Sign the Open Letter: Strengthen Canada’s Poverty Reduction Bill
January 28, 2019
Campaign 2000 and partner Dignity for All are collecting signatures for an open letter in English and French that will be sent to Minister Jean-Yves Duclos in mid-February. The letter provides concrete recommendations to strengthen Bill C-87, An Act respecting the reduction of poverty. It also urges Canada to commit to ending poverty by 2030 to align with the United… Continue reading Sign the Open Letter: Strengthen Canada’s Poverty Reduction Bill
2018 Report Cards on Child and Family Poverty
November 20, 2018
In advance of the 30th year of the 1989 all-party commitment to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000, Campaign 2000 calls on the federal government to be more ambitious in its poverty reduction targets and timelines. The coalition commends the government on the first steps taken to reduce poverty but encourages bolder action to ensure Canadians… Continue reading 2018 Report Cards on Child and Family Poverty
C2000 to release 2018 Report Cards
November 14, 2018
Campaign 2000 will release its annual national Report Card on Child and Family Poverty on Tuesday, November 20 in Ottawa. The report marks 29 years since the unanimous House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000, and nine years since the House voted “to develop an immediate plan to end poverty… Continue reading C2000 to release 2018 Report Cards
Marking Int’l Day for Eradication of Poverty
October 17, 2018
Campaign 2000 marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, and we recall the federal government’s promise in 1989 to end child poverty by the year 2000. Canada has since reaffirmed this promise twice, but most recently released its Poverty Reduction Strategy that aims only to halve poverty by 2030. These moving goalposts… Continue reading Marking Int’l Day for Eradication of Poverty
2018 Toronto Child Poverty Report: Municipal Election Edition
October 2, 2018
Child and family poverty is a disturbing reality in every ward in Toronto, a new report from a coalition of community agencies finds. Family Service Toronto’s Campaign 2000 team contributed to the report, which uses newly released census data. The data show that ten wards in the city have a child poverty rate between 33%… Continue reading 2018 Toronto Child Poverty Report: Municipal Election Edition
Sharing our Vision for Pharmacare
October 2, 2018
Campaign 2000 submitted its recommendations for a national universal pharmacare program to the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare. Canada’s current patchwork system of drug coverage relies on an uneven mix of contributions from the private and public sectors. This system is inconsistent, confusing for families to navigate and costly to administer. Canadians… Continue reading Sharing our Vision for Pharmacare
Response to the Poverty Reduction Strategy
August 22, 2018
Campaign 2000 welcomed the August 21 release of Opportunity for All: Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy but also expressed disappointment that the strategy’s long-term goal of reducing poverty by 50% by 2030 means another generation of children – approximately 600,000 – will grow up in poverty. The Campaign 2000 coalition will continue to call for… Continue reading Response to the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Campaign 2000 Pre-Budget Submission
August 9, 2018
On August 3, Campaign 2000 submitted its priorities for the 2019 federal budget. According to the submission, eradicating poverty, to ensure every person in Canada the opportunity to succeed and live in dignity, is the right thing to do for children and for all of us. Right now, 4.8 million Canadians suffer the indignity, hunger,… Continue reading Campaign 2000 Pre-Budget Submission
Child Poverty by Federal Ridings
June 18, 2018
In the lead up to Canada’s first federal Poverty Reduction Strategy, Campaign 2000 reveals a disturbing picture of the magnitude of child poverty in every federal riding. The latest data paint a stark portrait of inequality in Canada with high- and low-income families living in close proximity while divided by wide social and economic gaps… Continue reading Child Poverty by Federal Ridings