This paper examines how a discourse around those living in poverty has been created, and its implications on effective poverty reduction policies. We focus on this change through an examination of changes in the discourse of poverty in Ontario beginning with the Harris government (1995-2002) and in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, we illustrate how the approach to poverty reduction has fundamentally changed. We examine Ontario’s current poverty reduction strategy and the Poverty Reduction Act, 2009, in addition to the federal policies that have been called for and where poverty reduction now stands at that level. By identifying gaps in poverty reduction strategies, we can see the importance of local action for fostering change ...
The recent recession was challenging for all Alberta families but especially so for those with low a...
This paper tells the story of the development of the Ontario Deprivation Index. A ‘deprivation index...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
This paper examines how a discourse around those living in poverty has been created, and its implica...
This article provides an account of the community strategies that pushed the Ontario provincial gove...
Since the end 1990s, jurisdictions across the world have adopted an innovative governance process ca...
Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent e...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/unspun-whos-doing-what-about-poverty-reduc...
In this paper, we address anti-poverty policies in Quebec and especially the adoption of Bill 112 in...
Pedro Barata and Colette Murphy were responsible for Economic Justice / Poverty Reduction programs i...
In the past decade, the Canadian city of Toronto has undergone radical internal shifts in its socioe...
This article analyses the role of ideology in the development of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2006 po...
This report shows that 53,000 Alberta children lived below Statistics Canada's low-income cut-off (a...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
IIn recent years, globalization has gone hand in hand with government de-regulation, resulting in an...
The recent recession was challenging for all Alberta families but especially so for those with low a...
This paper tells the story of the development of the Ontario Deprivation Index. A ‘deprivation index...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
This paper examines how a discourse around those living in poverty has been created, and its implica...
This article provides an account of the community strategies that pushed the Ontario provincial gove...
Since the end 1990s, jurisdictions across the world have adopted an innovative governance process ca...
Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent e...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/unspun-whos-doing-what-about-poverty-reduc...
In this paper, we address anti-poverty policies in Quebec and especially the adoption of Bill 112 in...
Pedro Barata and Colette Murphy were responsible for Economic Justice / Poverty Reduction programs i...
In the past decade, the Canadian city of Toronto has undergone radical internal shifts in its socioe...
This article analyses the role of ideology in the development of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2006 po...
This report shows that 53,000 Alberta children lived below Statistics Canada's low-income cut-off (a...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
IIn recent years, globalization has gone hand in hand with government de-regulation, resulting in an...
The recent recession was challenging for all Alberta families but especially so for those with low a...
This paper tells the story of the development of the Ontario Deprivation Index. A ‘deprivation index...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...