Anti-Poverty Strategy: Poverty and Group Campaign

anti-poverty strategy: The coalition wants the government to change the rules so those earning less can keep more of the benefit, according to Hamilton Spectator. As well, it wants to increase payments with the cost of living, retroactive to when the new benefit was first introduced last July. It hopes that will cut child poverty rates in Canada in half by the end of the decade. The goal would be to reduce child poverty rates by 50 per cent by 2020, the group Campaign 2000 says in a written submission to the Justin Trudeau Liberal government, as part of federal consultations on a national anti-poverty strategy. Such measures, among others, would help to rework the social safety net to help more people climb out of poverty and contribute more to the economy, Khanna said in an interview. Anita Khanna, the group's national co-ordinator, also wants the government to consider more lucrative employment insurance benefits, including for new parents, and further expand job-training programs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.