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Blog
Jade Guthrie
| The first food bank opened its doors in Alberta in 1981 as a "temporary" measure to address food insecurity. But many still rely on them 40 years later. |
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Blog
Ed Finn
| A new report is just the latest account detailing the extent of child poverty and dereliction that has blemished this country's image for a very long time. |
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Blog
Ed Finn
| There are sombre facts and figures available that paint a much darker picture of unemployment in this country than the basic statistics alone. |
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Columnists
Linda McQuaig
| Doug Ford's revved-up war against the poor could perhaps be described as politically cunning. One thing it could never be described as is populist. |
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Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| The problem with the federal government's new anti-poverty statement is that it includes no new poverty reduction measures. |
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Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| A social safety net to ensure that every individual has enough to live on should be standard in a liberal democracy. Canada had such a social safety net, until it was abolished nearly 25 years ago. |
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Blog
Marina Puzyreva
| In spite of its devastating effect, food insecurity in the northern First Nations communities in Manitoba remains a largely overlooked problem. |
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News
Ed Finn
| The prospect of saving billions in the future by spending more to alleviate child poverty today doesn’t appeal to conservative corporate CEOs or their political minions. |
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News
Ed Finn
| If the national income were more equitably allocated –- as it is in truly progressive countries –- much of the prevailing social distress in Canada could be alleviated. |
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News
Gaetan Heroux
| Hidden behind the doors of All Saints Church is the long history of the abandonment of Toronto's poor by all three levels of government. |
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Blog
Ed Finn
| With more than a million Canadian kids living in poverty, giving them food and toys over the holidays is not enough. |
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Columnists
Retiree Matters, Doug Macpherson
| While changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) recently adopted by the current federal Liberal government offer some improvement, they do not go far enough. |
