Document Tag: federal poverty reduction plan

Lettre au ministre Wilson-Raybould: Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d’exploitation

Objet : Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d’exploitation Madame la Ministre, Nous venons réaffirmer notre position sur la Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d’exploitation (LPCPVE). Le 15 avril 2014, nous écrivions au ministre de la Justice pour lui faire des recommandations quant à la protection […]

Letter to Minister Wilson-Raybould: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

Re: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act Dear Minister Wilson-Raybould, We write to you to reaffirm our position on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). On April 15, 2014 we wrote to the Minister of Justice with recommendations for protecting those who are commercially sexually exploited in Canada and preventing vulnerable […]

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 […]

Letter to Minister McKay: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

Re: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act Dear Minister MacKay, We are writing to welcome the recent efforts of the Department of Justice to strengthen the protection of the rights of children, women, and men to be free from violence and exploitation, specifically sexual exploitation, and to criminalize those who profit from and exploit […]

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 […]

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.