Media Alert – Release of new Ontario Report Card on Child Poverty

TORONTO, March 31 – Campaign 2000 will be releasing its latest Report Card on Child & Family Poverty in Ontario on Wednesday, April 2 at the Queen’s Park Media Studio in Toronto. The report is being released in preparation for government consultations due to begin this spring to get input on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Titled “The Road Ahead: Poverty Reduction in Ontario”, the report includes the latest statistics on child and family poverty in Ontario, and recommendations for government action.

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For further information, or to download a copy of the report (in English and French) on April 2nd, please visit our website at www.campaign2000.ca.
Porte parole francophone: Joanne Frenchkowski, Le Centre d’action pour la sécurité du revenue.

Ontario Campaign 2000 is a non partisan coalition of 66 organizations across Ontario committed to ending child and family poverty in Canada.

For further information: Jacquie Maund, Ontario Coordinator, Campaign 2000, Tel. (416) 595-9230 x241; Liyu Guo, Program Assistant, Campaign 2000, Tel. (416) 595-9230 x244; Porte parole francophone: Joanne Frenchkowski, Tel. (416) 597-5820 x5153