Finance committee  Canada, again compared with other countries, is about 16th or 17th out of 23 countries. So we do not compare that well with other countries in terms of our total aid effort. In terms of measuring poverty, the globally accepted measure for extreme poverty is $1.25 a day. Many peo

Finance committee  Well, no country has eliminated poverty altogether. But Canada actually does poorly compared with many other countries in terms of its own domestic poverty. Many countries in Europe have achieved rates of less than 5% poverty. We're at 10% or so. So we could do that. What I'm s

Finance committee  Well, in Canada, we didn't have to bail out the banks as much as other countries, but in Canada the auto sector and other sectors did receive federal support. Also, the bulk of the stimulus spending went to infrastructure, which is important, but relative to other countries, very

Finance committee  I'm Dennis Howlett, national coordinator of Make Poverty History. With me is Laurel Rothman, who is a member of our steering committee and also the coordinator of Campaign 2000. Poverty is a violation of human rights on a massive scale. It doesn't have to be this way. Collective