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Canada’s children told to fend for themselves say Campaign 2000

April 3, 2012 - 4:25pm

Make Poverty History Steering Committee member, Campaign 2000, has written about how the Federal Budget will affect children living in poverty in Canada.

The budget caters mostly to those who are well off, giving them precedence over today’s children and their families. According to Campaign 2000, this budget will further increase the gap between the rich and the rest.

Federal Budget Should Not Fight Deficit on Backs of Poor

March 22, 2012 - 11:06am

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.”

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