Human Resources committee  How do you support individuals in amassing that kind of savings? I think it starts early in life in terms of having the financial literacy as a core. It means that women, particularly, can work and amass those savings. They need access to child care training in order to enter the

Human Resources committee  Thank you, sir. I had to completely reduce my speaking remarks. We have a pilot project. It's one of four demonstration sites across the country, and the aim is to increase access to government initiatives like the Canada learning bond and to support low- and moderate-income fam

Human Resources committee  I really appreciate your approach and the fact that you're asking how we can use the existing dollars to reach the best outcome possible. I really want to commend you for having that kind of approach and thinking, because that's exactly where we need to move towards. On this mo

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  The Community Coalition to End Poverty? Did you meet with Pamela Harrison and Rene Ross?

Human Resources committee  Are you asking for my opinion of the provincial strategy that's been put forward by the Nova Scotia government?

Human Resources committee  I don't think it reflects the priorities of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Working Group or the strategies or the values put forward by the community in 2007. The strategy put forward by the provincial government really has more to do with a rehashing of funding announcements t

Human Resources committee  Yes. I imagine Canada is certainly advocating for that, and I think that could be one part of the strategy. But I want to underscore that additional philanthropy doesn't necessarily lead to social justice, and we do need to work at the underlying conditions. Even if we were to, s

Human Resources committee  Certainly I think it's one piece of an overall strategy, but I wouldn't see that as the silver bullet.

Human Resources committee  We already do band-aid service that is required by the provincial government. As service providers, both Robert and I provide services that would otherwise be mandated by the government. We do it less expensively and we do it because we're able to raise funds from the public to b

Human Resources committee  You know what you're talking about. Absolutely, yes. We secured the child care expansion loan for Spryfield because of federal funding, but in the community of Spryfield there is still no child care centre. So this community with the highest number of single mothers in Canada,

Human Resources committee  Where to begin? I wish I knew the answer to that. I'm going to talk about Spryfield, because this is an example of community mobilization. The YWCA was a partner with United Way in Action for Neighbourhood Change on local solutions. I think this will highlight some of the polic

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Thanks, Paul. One of the key solutions we've found is supported housing. It integrates individuals who've experienced homelessness into communities so that housing doesn't become ghettoized. One of our programs is called WISH. It has been recognized as a best practice nationally

Human Resources committee  Thank you. It's my pleasure. It's great seeing some local faces around the table. YWCA is a national and international movement. Many of you are probably already familiar with our work. In Halifax we have outcome areas from child care to housing, from financial literacy to yout