The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:13:54 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Indigenous, disabled at highest risk of poverty /item/33790-indigenous-disabled-at-highest-risk-of-poverty /item/33790-indigenous-disabled-at-highest-risk-of-poverty

Campaign 2000öÏÓãÊÓƵapp annual in-depth look at poverty reveals that being poor in Canada is perfectly predictable. CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp poor are overwhelmingly Indigenous or they are disabled.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:00:00 -0500
Editorial: Fix social safety nets /columns/item/33784-editorial-fix-social-safety-nets /columns/item/33784-editorial-fix-social-safety-nets

ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp full throttle on the Christmas shopping season now and even a pandemic isn’t about to put the brakes on people rushing to line up outside stores by buy gifts.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:06:45 -0500
Editorial: A reasonable goal /columns/item/33744-editorial-a-reasonable-goal /columns/item/33744-editorial-a-reasonable-goal

Fifty years is a long time for a good idea to sit on a shelf.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:29:35 -0500
Inequity on rise, systemic change needed /item/32289-inequity-on-rise-systemic-change-needed /item/32289-inequity-on-rise-systemic-change-needed

OTTAWA -- Anti-poverty groups say Canadians most vulnerable to living in poverty will fall further behind because of COVID-19 unless post-pandemic recovery efforts focus on eliminating systemic issues keeping them in a perpetual state of poverty.

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Canada Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:16:18 -0400
Statistics don’t tell whole poverty story /item/31241-statistics-don-t-tell-whole-poverty-story /item/31241-statistics-don-t-tell-whole-poverty-story

OTTAWA -- The federal government is touting recent statistics that indicate that the poverty rate in Canada is on a downward spiral, but social justice and anti-poverty groups say the statistics don’t tell the whole story and there is still a lot of work to be done if Canada is going to reduce poverty levels for Indigenous Canadians and those who live in remote areas of the country.

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Canada Sat, 07 Mar 2020 07:01:00 -0500
Poverty promise remains elusive target /item/30819-poverty-promise-remains-elusive-target /item/30819-poverty-promise-remains-elusive-target

The failure to end child poverty in Canada, promised 30 years ago when parliamentarians pledged to stop the scourge by 2000, has seen a generation of children grow up without the supports they need, says Leila Sarangi.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:00:00 -0500
Editorial: Poor need Minister /columns/item/30767-editorial-poor-need-minister /columns/item/30767-editorial-poor-need-minister

The poor need our hands to lift them up and give them hope, said Pope Francis on the World Day of the Poor. Three days later, CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp new government extended a hand in a different direction when it swore in our first-ever Minister of Middle Class Prosperity. 

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:43:17 -0500
Uplift Day makes life a little easier for needy /item/30692-uplift-day-makes-life-a-little-easier-for-needy /item/30692-uplift-day-makes-life-a-little-easier-for-needy

EDMONTON -- Zeny David will have warm clothing this winter and still be able to afford groceries.

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Features Sun, 17 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0500
St. Vincent de Paul Society looks for personal touch /item/30690-st-vincent-de-paul-society-looks-for-personal-touch /item/30690-st-vincent-de-paul-society-looks-for-personal-touch

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul plans to take its operations to the next level as it moves into the new decade.

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Features Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0500
Facing down poverty /item/30686-facing-down-poverty /item/30686-facing-down-poverty

You would think people might notice the poor.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:33:46 -0500