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Poverty Plan Lays Foundation For Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2008 TORONTO – Ontario is on track to becoming a leader in poverty reduction in a plan that is not only crucial to the province’s economic recovery but is also the right thing to do, says the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction. “Today, Ontario is turning a corner [...]

Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto: Child Poverty in the GTA

GTA Children’s Aid Societies and the Social Planning Network released a report on child poverty that shows a startling increase in the number of children living in poverty. “Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto, Child Poverty in the GTA” reveals that 50 per cent of Ontario’s children in poverty now live in the GTA, up from [...]

2008 Report Card on Child Poverty in Ontario

MEDIA RELEASE – November 21, 2008 Toronto – Ontario’s child poverty rate is stubbornly high and will get far worse if the province plunges into a recession, says a report by Ontario Campaign 2000. Now More Than Ever: Ontario Needs a Strong Poverty Reduction Strategy, shows Ontario’s child poverty rate remained high, at 11.8 per [...]

Anti-Poverty Network Sets Out Five Tests for Success of Ontario Government Poverty Reduction Strategy

TORONTO – More than 350 anti-poverty activists for the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction outlined today their expectations for the Ontario government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, due to be released in December. “Government action at the provincial and federal level to reduce poverty is the stimulus we need to weather the economic storm,” says [...]

Media Release – Economic Road Bumps No Excuse To Slow Down On Poverty Reduction

TORONTO, 16 September 2008 – A coalition of over 100 organizations across Ontario are urging Premier Dalton McGuinty to follow through on his promise to actively and comprehensively address poverty in this province. “The threat of an economic downturn makes leadership on poverty reduction more important than ever,” said 25 in 5 spokesperson Jacquie Maund, [...]