Families on Ontario Works live far below the poverty line. A single mother with an eight year old child living in a large city like Toronto and receiving Ontario Works benefits still lives more than $5,000 below the poverty line.
Source: 2008 Ontario Report Card on Child & Family Poverty
Good Jobs for All
Ontario Campaign 2000 partners are actively involved in the Good Jobs for All Coalition’s initiatives, and are in full support of its Declaration on Good Jobs.
For more informatio go to Good Jobs for All website
Click to read the full report in pdf: Now more than ever…Ontario needs a strong poverty reduction strategy
The Ending Poverty Project was initiated by ISAC and Ontario Campaign 2000 to work with low-income people in 10 communities to share ideas for what's needed to end poverty in Ontario and to build broad public support for tackling poverty both locally and across the province. The project is funded by the Metcalf Foundation.
For more detail on this project please visit: www.incomesecurity.org/campaigns/EndingPovertyProject.htm
A Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario. [pdf, 14pp, 396KB]. Ontario Campaign 2000 Discussion Paper. July 2007.
This discussion paper outlines what a Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario should look like, based on lessons learned from success in the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions. It identifies indicators for measuring poverty, targets and timelines for poverty reduction, and outlines the key components of an action plan.
Mar. 26, 2010: Ontario Budget - The 2010 Ontario Budget includes much needed funding to save child care services for low income families, but little else that will bring down child and family poverty rates in Ontario.
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Oct 27, 2009: Ontario Campaign 2000 welcomes today’s announcement that the Ontario government will begin to start phasing in full day learning for 4 and 5 year olds this September. Click here to read the full News Release from Campaign 2000
Ontario Campaign 2000 welcomes the recommendations of the Pascal report on full-day learning for 4 and 5 year olds in Ontario. Read our News Release here: Ontario Pointed in the Right Direction on Early Learning (June 2009)
Ontario Campaign 2000 comments on the recent provincial budget by the Ontario government. March 2009
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Campaign 2000, with its 25 in 5 Poverty Reduction Network partners, responds to Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy Read press release (Dec 4, 2008)
Nov 21, 2008: Press release - 2008 Report Card on Child Poverty in Ontario
April 2, 2008: Release of new Ontario Report Card
January 21, 2008:
Time for initial steps in poverty reduction strategy.
October 31, 2007:
Promising first step on poverty reduction, now real work begins.
July 13, 2007:
Campaign 2000 Calls for Election Commitment to Child Poverty Plan with Targets.
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