Federal Government Releases Poverty Reduction Strategy

August 21, 2018

The Federal Government has released Canada's first Poverty Reduction Strategy, which highlights funding initiatives introduced from 2015-2018, but does not introduce new funding.

The Strategy also commits to:

• cutting Canada's poverty rate in half by 2030
• establishing a National Advisory Council on Poverty to advise on federal poverty reduction efforts and publicly report on progress
• establishing a standardized measure of poverty through Canada's Official Poverty Line

Links

Read the Strategy
Read the government's news release
Read more in the backgrounder
Watch the explainer video
View the visual overview