Poverty Elimination Act Re-introduced in House of Commons

On June 20th  NDP MP Jean Crowder introduced Bill C-233, An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada – the same as Bill C-545 which had been introduced in June 2010 by defeated NDP MP Tony Martin and which died on the order paper upon the calling of the federal election. 

Jean Crowder, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo--Cowichan,  is the new NDP critic for Human Resources and Skills Development and the lead for poverty issues. You can read her speech  in the House when she introduced the Bill here.  

Make Poverty History, in collaboration with the Dignity for All Campaign will once again get behind this excellent proposed legislation which comes very close to what we have advocated in terms of a law that would bind the federal government to a long-term commitment on poverty and to accountability for results.