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Archived - Solving Poverty: Four cornerstones of a workable national strategy for Canada
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The report highlights that Canada in general is out of step with important developments in preventing and reducing poverty. Many other countries, and Canadian provinces, have had the same debates about the same issues, including how to measure poverty, but they have found ways - remarkably similar ways - to move on to action and to achieve measurable progress.
When the National Council of Welfare started looking into anti-poverty strategies, it became quickly apparent to us that if there is no long-term vision, no plan, no one accountable for carrying out the plan, no resources assigned and no accepted measure of results, we will continue to be mired in poverty for generations.
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