Poverty is not inevitable

Anti-poverty groups are not resigned to ever-increasing poverty in Canada. We’re committed to ending it.

Members of the federal All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus, including Senator Don Meredith, far right, hold 4,000 postcards calling for a national anti-poverty plan presented to them by the Dignity for All campaign on Parliament Hill, May 6, 2015.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DARLENE O’LEARY

December 7, 2016

Poverty in Canada is a complex reality. Social policy experts, researchers, and anti-poverty advocates are continually analyzing the data and recommending the most effective policy responses, while working to engage and strengthen communities. We see the hardship suffered by millions of Canadians s...

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