Liberals’ anti-poverty strategy a good start, but we’re a long way from world leadership

Canada currently sits in the middle of the pack among OECD countries in terms of poverty and income inequality.

Families and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced a plan last week to slash the number of people living in poverty by one-fifth by 2020—assuming his government is re-elected. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 27, 2018

TORONTO—Jean-Yves Duclos, the minister of Families, Children and Social Development, has set out an ambitious anti-poverty agenda for Canada. It’s called Opportunity for All: Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy, and aims to cut the number of Canadians living in poverty by 20 per cent by ...

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