Campaign 2000 Released Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada

Campaign 2000 (21 Nov 08) – Toronto – Campaign 2000 will release its annual Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Ottawa on Friday, November 21st. Federal party leaders have been invited. MP Justin Trudeau, MP Olivia Chow, MP Nicole Demers, and Green Party rep David Lewis will be available to respond at the end of the media conference.

The 2007 report, entitled Family Security in Insecure Times: The Case for a Poverty Reduction Strategy for Canada, presents the latest statistics on child and family poverty, and recommendations for all political parties. It will be released November 21st, 10:00 a.m. in the Charles Lynch Press Conference Room (130S) on Parliament Hill to mark the 19th anniversary of the unanimous House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by 2000.Speakers at the press conference:
• Laurel Rothman – National Coordinator, Campaign 2000;
• Joe Gunn – Executive Director, Citizens for Public Justice (porte parole francophone;
• Andrew Jackson – National Director of Social and Economic Policy, Canadian Labour Congress;
• Peggy Taillon – President, Canadian Council on Social Development (porte parole francophone)

The report will be available at www.campaign2000.ca on November 21. Provincial report cards or factsheets on child poverty are also being released on November 21st in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

For further information, please contact:

Laurel Rothman – National Coordinator, Campaign 2000, 416-595-9230 Ext. 228 or 416-575-9230 (cell)
Liyu Guo – Program Assistant, Campaign 2000, 416-595-9230, ext. 244

Provincial Report Card contacts:
B.C. – Adrienne Montani or Rebecca Siggner, First Call (604) 873-8437
Alberta – Bill Moore-Kilgannon, Public Interest Alberta (780) 420-0471
Saskatchewan — Sue Delanoy (306) 241-4952 or Fiona Douglas (306) 585-4117
Manitoba – Sid Frankel, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (204) 474-9706
Ontario – Jacquie Maund, Ontario Campaign 2000 (416) 595-9230 ext. 241
New Brunswick – Randy Hatfield, Human Development Council (506) 636-8540
Nova Scotia – Pauline Raven, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, N.S. (902) 542-3085

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Contact: Liyu Guo – liyugu@familyservicetoronto.org – tel: 416-595-9230, ext. 244