Political Parties and Elections in Canada - 2008 Federal Election- (and some general political websites)

Les élections et les partis politiques au Canada - Élection fédérale 2008- (et quelques sites généraux de politiques)

Updated January 16, 2008
Page révisée le 16 janvier 2008

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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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Canada's Electoral System: Introduction to Federal and Provincial Elections
Source:
Mapleleafweb
Maple Leaf Web is a non-profit, non-partisan Canadian political education website
that aims to provide educators, students and the attentive public with a credible source for political education and information.

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Mr. Dion’s Anti- Poverty Plan
Posted by Andrew Jackson
November 15
I’m a big fan of setting clear and attainable targets and timetables to eliminate poverty, and applaud last week’s 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

Elections Canada (Federal Government website)

Mapleleafweb (University of Lethbridge, Alberta)
- MapleLeafWeb Froums - Canadian Politics

nodice.ca

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

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