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Dryden
puts muscle behind poverty-reduction targets
Visits
Sun Youth headquarters. Initiative calls for increased work benefits, higher payments
to impoverished seniors
January 15, 2008
Liberal
stars were out in Montreal yesterday to promote the federal party's anti-poverty
initiative that aims to cut poverty in Canada by 30 per cent across the board
and child poverty by half over a five-year period if the party is elected to form
a national government. Spearheading the initiative is Ken Dryden, the Canadiens
great turned politician who is on a 15-city national tour to spread the party's
anti-poverty message.
Source:
The
Montreal Gazette
From the website of the Liberal Party of Canada:
It
Takes a Country:
Ken Dryden Embarks on Cross-country National Anti-Poverty
Tour
January 10, 2008
OTTAWA - Ken Dryden, Chair of the Liberal
Caucus Social Development Committee and Member of Parliament for York Centre,
is traveling across Canada to engage Canadians with "It Takes a Country",
a national call to action to address the unacceptable levels of poverty that affect
Canadians of all ages and all walks of life.
- incl. links (in the left-hand
margin of the page) to several related stories and a video about the Liberal 30-50
Plan to Reduce Poverty.
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Electoral System: Introduction to Federal and Provincial Elections
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Mr.
Dions Anti- Poverty Plan
Posted by Andrew Jackson
November
15
Im a big fan of setting clear and attainable targets and timetables
to eliminate poverty, and applaud last weeks Liberal
Party commitment to reduce the number of those living in poverty by 30% and
the numbers of children living in poverty by 50% within 5 years. Clear targets
and timetables have recently been called for by the National
Council of Welfare and by Campaign 2000
with the laudable aim of keeping governments feet to the fire, and have
clearly played a significant role in sustaining tangible reductions in poverty
in the UK and other countries, as detailed in a good new
Campaign 2000 policy paper.
Source:
Relentlessly
Progressive Economics:
Commentary on Canadian economics and public policy
[A
Blog of the Progressive Economics
Forum]
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Caledon
Response to Liberal
Poverty Strategy (PDF file - 264K, 9 pages)
by
Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman,
Michael Mendelson and Ed Tamagno
November 2007
"(...)The
renewed focus on poverty is long overdue. Strong and explicit federal leadership,
along with cooperation with the provinces and territories in several key areas,
are essential to attain significant reductions in poverty. But real progress will
not be possible unless sound policy measures are employed to achieve this crucial
goal.
Source:
Caledon Institute of
Social Policy
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Dion
Unveils the Liberal Plan to Win the War Against Poverty
November
9, 2007
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion today unveiled a comprehensive
plan to dramatically reduce the number of Canadians living below the poverty line
by at least 30 per cent and cut in half the number of children living in poverty
in five years. Mr. Dion called it the Liberal 30-50 Plan to Reduce Poverty.
Source:
Liberal
Party of Canada
Related links:
Dion's
ambitious poverty strategy
Editorial
November 10, 2007
In
a dramatic and welcome move to affirm a progressive agenda for Canada, Liberal
Leader Stéphane Dion spoke yesterday directly to Canadians Prime Minister
Stephen Harper has forgotten and abandoned, namely the 3.4 million people who
live in poverty. And what Dion said was that, if elected, the Liberals would launch
an ambitious national poverty reduction strategy aimed at lowering the number
of Canadians living in poverty by at least 30 per cent over the next five years
and the number of children in poverty by 50 per cent.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Dion
unveils Liberal poverty-slashing strategy
November 9, 2007
Liberal
Leader Stephane Dion says his party would cut the number of Canadians living in
poverty by 30 per cent over five years if they form the next government. A federal
Liberal government would also cut the number of children living in poverty by
half in that same period, he said Friday during a speech in Toronto.
Source:
CTV
Related Web/News/Blog links:
Google Search Results
Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms
(without the quote marks):
"Canada Liberal poverty plan"
-
Web search results page
- News
search results page
- Blog Search Results
page
Source:
Google.ca
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Mapleleafweb
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- MapleLeafWeb
Froums - Canadian Politics
Politics
Watch - "Canada's Political Portal"
-
incl. Political News - Voter Resources - Research Base - Political Jobs
Fair
Vote Canada
"Fair Vote Canada (FVC) is a multi-partisan citizens'
campaign for voting system reform. Canadians from all points on the political
spectrum, all regions and all walks of life are joining FVC to demand a fair voting
system - a fundamental requirement for healthy representative democracy and government
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Canadian
Democratic Movement (Vancouver-based)
"Right from the beginning,
the CDM has been built around a democratic platform. We firmly believe that Canada
needs to work towards more representative government. One that is to be held responsible
to ALL Canadians. The CDM also wants to see a divergence away from the corporate
and special interest entities that now crowd and sway our government."
Political
Resources on the Net
Listings of political sites available on the
Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties,
Organizations, Governments,
Media and more from all around the world
A must-see megasite - includes
Canadian Politics
Hillwatch.com
- Canada
"Hillwatch.com focuses on associations, coalitions,
corporations, and non-profit organizations and the values, facts and arguments
they bring to the major issues of the day. Hillwatch.com gives political decision-makers,
the media, and people interested in public policy developments a reliable way
to find out who is lobbying on what -- and what these groups are saying. Hillwatch.com
is a resource center that provides people with an easy way to find the public
policy content useful to them."
Google
Web Search Results:
"federal
election, Canada"
Google News Search Results:
"federal
election, Canada"
Each of the two links above will open a page
of Google.ca search results, and this page will always include links to new content.
Source:
Google.ca
Google
Web Search Results : "Federal election,
Liberal Party"
Google News Search Results : "Federal
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Web Search Results : "Federal election,
New Democratic Party"
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Bloc Quebecois (site is in French only)
Google
Web Search Results : "Federal election,
Bloc quebecois"
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election, Bloc quebecois"
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Google Web
Search Results : "Federal election, Green
Party"
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Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
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