We are standing now with millions of people around the world on this historic day, to show our commitment to the fight against extreme poverty and inequality.
We only have five years left to the 2015 deadline to realize the Millennium Development Goals.
As world leaders gather for an important summit on the Millennium Development Goals next week, we Stand Up together to say to our leaders:
"We will no longer stay seated or silent in the face of poverty and the broken promises to end it!
We ask Prime Minister Harper to act now and keep Canada's commitments to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and ending extreme poverty by 2015. We urge you to keep your promises on poverty – debt cancellation, more and better aid, trade justice and gender equality, addressing poverty and inequality at home and abroad.
We will continue to Stand Up, not just today but every day, to say: No more Excuses, End Poverty and Inequality Now!"
