[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: [Dignity for All bulletin] Parliament to develop federal poverty elimination plan!

[Terrie]

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From: Dignity for All <dignity at dignityforall.ca>
Date: 2009/11/24
Subject: [Dignity for All bulletin] Parliament to develop federal poverty
elimination plan!
To: mocharebyl at gmail.com


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Parliament to develop federal poverty elimination plan!

*We are pleased to report some good news in the journey to more effectively
combat poverty in Canada. *Today, the House of Commons passed the following
motion:

That, with November 24th, 2009 marking the 20th anniversary of the 1989
unanimous resolution of this House to eliminate poverty among Canadian
children by the year 2000, and not having achieved that goal, be it resolved
that the Government of Canada, taking into consideration the Committee’s
work in this regard, and respecting provincial and territorial jurisdiction,
develop an immediate plan to eliminate poverty in Canada for all.

With the passage of this motion, Parliament has committed to a federal plan
for the elimination of poverty. This is a major step towards accomplishing *the
first goal of Dignity for All: The Campaign for a Poverty-free Canada, a
comprehensive and integrated federal poverty elimination plan with measures
to address critical issues such as income security, employment insurance,
early childhood development, education and training, and social supports. *

The challenge now is for parliamentarians and civil society – including
those with the lived experience of poverty – to work together even more
closely to determine the substance and timely delivery, as well as the
accountability mechanisms of the plan. We must also root the entire effort
within a framework of Canada’s commitment to economic and social rights
(food, housing, adequate standard of living etc.) as enshrined within
international human rights law.

Today’s welcome motion came about thanks to the leading efforts of Laurel
Rothman and her team at Campaign
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working with members of the HUMA
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other civil society groups. Kudos to Campaign 2000 and to the HUMA
Committee for today’s result!


*Un message en français suivra bientôt*.

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Terrie ( mocharebyl at gmail.com )
“If you see an injustice being committed, you aren't an observer, you are a
participant.” June Callwood
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renders the present inaccessible.  Maya Angelou
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