Campaign Urges Government to Protect and Un-Freeze Development Assistance and Act on Domestic Anti-Poverty Plan

OTTAWA (March 22, 2012) –The Make Poverty History campaign warned against cuts in next week’s budget to Canada’s aid program and called for investment in proposed initiatives to fight poverty in Canada.

  “If there are to be cuts to balance the budget, the poorest must not pay the price,” said Jennifer Slawich of RESULTS Canada. “People living in poverty here and abroad have already been hit hardest by the economic crisis, and continue to experience its worst impacts.”