Document Category: Poverty

Healing Poverty: A Reflection from the Commission on Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches

Poverty has been a focus of the Commission on Justice and Peace of The Canadian Council of Churches for decades. As the Government of Canada consulted on a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Commission engaged in its own conversations over several meetings. We now offer this reflection as one way for communities of faith to […]

Statement: For the Love of God…Therefore Be Generous and Open-Handed

Any one of us might be struggling to make ends meet: overdue on rent payments with eviction notices arriving, overdue bills and credit card payments piling up, struggling to find employment and earned income, held back by health difficulties, not having access to good food choices and having to skip meals. They can all so […]

Interfaith Declaration: A Time for Inspired Leadership and Action

Together as people of faith, informed by our respective traditions, and compelled by our sincerely held beliefs to care for those in need within our communities and across this nation, we recognize this time to be a unique moment and opportunity in Canada for cooperative action to eradicate persistent poverty in our wealthy and wonderful […]

Communiqué de presse: La Chambre des communes rate d’une décennie l’échéance de la fin de la pauvreté infantile : les Églises passent aux actes

Le mardi 24 novembre marquera le 20e anniversaire de la résolution, adoptée à l’unanimité par le Parlement en 1989, d’éradiquer la pauvreté infantile avant l’année 2000. Une décennie plus tard et au 20e anniversaire de la Convention de l’ONU relative aux droits de l’enfant, le Conseil canadien des Églises accorde son appui formel à la […]

Press Release: House of Commons Misses Child Poverty Deadline by a Decade— Churches Act

On Tuesday, November 24, the House of Commons will mark the 20th anniversary of a unanimous 1989 resolution by Parliament to eradicate child poverty by the year 2000. Now, a decade later and on the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, The Canadian Council of Churches formally endorses […]

Note d’information: Contribution fédérale à la réduction de la pauvreté au Canada

Contribution fédérale à la réduction de la pauvreté au Canada Le Comité permanent des ressources humaines, du développement des compétences, du développement social et de la condition des personnes handicapées 11 h 00 – 12 h 30, le premier juin 2009 Hôtel Radisson Admiral, salle de bal Admiral (3eétage), 249 Queen’s Quay Ouest, Toronto

Brief: The Federal Contribution to Reducing Poverty in Canada

The Federal Contribution to Reducing Poverty in Canada The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons Disabilities 11:00 – 12:30 on June 1, 2009 Radisson Admiral Hotel, Admiral Ballroom (3rd Floor), 249 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto

Lettre au premier ministre Stephen Harper: Élimination de la pauvreté au Canada

En tant que dirigeants nationaux d’Églises canadiennes et membres du Conseil canadien des Églises, nous venons demander à notre gouvernement de prendre sans tarder les mesures nécessaires pour élaborer et mettre en oeuvre une stratégie nationale.

Letter to the Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Ending Poverty in Canada

As nations leaders of Canadian churches and members of the Canadian Council of Churches, we call on our government to take immediate steps to develop and implement a national poverty reduction strategy.

Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Vision to Action— A Faith-Based Movement for a Canada Without Poverty

As faith-based organizations cooperating in working to reduce poverty in Canada, we are writing to request a meeting with you to encourage the Conservative Party to commit to the development and implementation of a poverty reduction strategy in your platform for the next federal election.