Finance committee  Yes. Make Poverty History is in support of a plan to reduce poverty in Canada and was a key group to campaign in favour of a poverty reduction plan in Ontario, which, we are happy to say, got all-party support finally in the Ontario legislature as well. We campaigned hard for a p

Finance committee  The untying of food aid was a very significant move because it allowed for purchasing food and other resources closer to where an emergency might have taken place. So in actual quantity terms, it results in much more assistance being able to be delivered much more quickly, and of

Finance committee  Make Poverty History is campaigning for both an end to poverty globally and an end to poverty in Canada. I appeared before the parliamentary committee on social development and human resources, supporting the call for a poverty reduction plan for Canada and for the federal gove

Finance committee  It's essential that we play our part. The global economic crisis, although it has affected Canada, has affected many developing countries far worse. Increasingly, our economy in Canada is tied to global realities, so it's critical that there be a global recovery that is sustainab

Finance committee  Thank you very much for this opportunity to bring our concerns before you. Make Poverty History is a very broad coalition, involving over 1,000 organizations and over 250,000 individual Canadians who have signed on in support of our demands for more and better aid, trade justice

Human Resources committee  Well, immigrant poverty is one of the areas where poverty is rising, along with youth poverty, and one of the reasons in common is that wage rates at the low end have been quite low. Generally, a majority of immigrants will work, but often they work at minimum-wage jobs, and mini

Human Resources committee  The key thing in the countries in Europe where they have made progress has been that they set goals, a timetable and a comprehensive plan, so it's not one measure but a combination of measures. It differs a bit by country, but most countries that have made progress have had a pla

Human Resources committee  I would say that raising the child tax benefit is one of the simplest and easiest things that could be done to deliver assistance to those most in need. For provinces that have a similar plan, that money would be available to them as well.

Human Resources committee  I would agree there are a whole range of measures.

Human Resources committee  Yes, I would agree a lot of measures already in place could be improved, and it would go a long way to achieving the results we would hope for. At the same time, I think longer term, some creative new proposals need to be looked at as well. Ultimately, my wish would be that the

Human Resources committee  The best way to improve mental health would be to reduce poverty. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg question, perhaps. The stress of poverty causes a lot of mental health problems. The reverse is also true. You would argue that mental health causes people to go into poverty, but it

Human Resources committee  Yes, the training part of the budget was actually quite good, quite welcome.

Human Resources committee  Yes, I've already said the training components have been good.

Human Resources committee  No, that's the one I would disagree with.

Human Resources committee  I would disagree with that.