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Poverty is a reality in Canada today. Despite having one of the highest standards of living among all the developed nations, and despite being voted numerous times in recent years by the United Nations as the best country in the world in which to live, experts agree that poverty is prevalent in Canada today. Unfortunately, that is more or less where the agreement ends. Exactly how prevalent and how serious a problem poverty is in Canada is an open question that has been hotly debated for the last 10 years. In fact, the very definition and meaning of the term poverty is in dispute.
On one side of the debate is a broad unofficial coalition of government departments and agencies at various levels and numerous private sector agencies who share a common mandate of alleviating poverty in Canada. We will call this group the "anti-poverty coalition." Although generalizations are always risky, we can safely say that this group is to the left of centre on the political spectrum and is somewhat socialistic in its social philosophy. This group supports a highly regulated market economy and supports significant increases in government spending on social programs through the redirection of existing funds and/or new funds raised through increased taxation.
On the other side of the debate is another broad unofficial coalition, this one being made up of government departments and agencies and numerous private sector institutions and agencies whose primary mandate is promoting business and commerce within Canada and trade between Canada and others nations. We will call this group the "pro-business coalition." This group is to the right of centre on the political spectrum and its members would class themselves as political and fiscal conservatives. This group favours a much less regulated market economy than the first group both at home and in the global context, and generally favours less government spending on social programs and decreased taxation.
The first group — the anti-poverty coalition — uses a certain definition of poverty and a certain method of measuring poverty, based on income, to arrive at a set of "poverty lines" for individuals and for various family types and sizes living in different regions of the country. For example, the poverty line for a family of four living in Toronto in the year 2000 was set at $33,665, thus any family whose pre-tax income was less than this amount was considered to be living in poverty (1). In regards to child poverty, a key social issue since a 1989 all-party resolution to end child poverty by the year 2000, this group arrives at a figure of about 20%, thus approximately 1 in 5 Canadian children are said to be living in poverty. A leading spokesperson of this group is Kevin Lee of the Canadian Council for Social Development. Lee is a senior researcher for the CCSD and has recently published a major work called "Urban Poverty in Canada: A Statistical Profile" which can be found online at: www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2000/up
The second group — the pro-business coalition — argues that the first group uses a definition of poverty that is far too broad to be realistic, and that it uses an inappropriate method of measurement as well as problematic data, and as a result arrives at so-called "poverty lines" that are highly inflated giving the impression that the situation in Canada is much worse than it actually is. This second group uses a far more restrictive definition of poverty and uses a method of measurement that is based on the cost of a list of certain basic necessities of life, rather than on income, and arrives at a set of "poverty lines" that are about half of those of the first group. According to the second group, the poverty line for the same family of four mentioned above was $18,856 in the year 2000 — almost $15,000 below the first group's figure (2). In terms of percent totals, while the first group maintains that approximately 17% of all Canadians are living in poverty, the second group claims that the actual rate is around 8%. Regarding child poverty, the first group says it is 20% and the second says it is 10% (3). Christopher Sarlo of the Fraser Institute is a leading spokesperson for this group. Sarlo is an Associate Professor of Economics at Nipissing University, in North Bay, Ontario and has recently published "Measuring Poverty in Canada" which can be found online at: Measuring Poverty in Canada
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Poverty is a reality in Canada today. Despite having one of the highest standards of living among all the developed nations, and despite being voted numerous times in recent years by the United Nations as the best country in the world in which to live, experts agree that poverty is prevalent in Canada today. Unfortunately, that is more or less where the agreement ends. Exactly how prevalent and how serious a problem poverty is in Canada is an open question that has been hotly debated for the last 10 years. In fact, the very definition and meaning of the term poverty is in dispute.
On one side of the debate is a broad unofficial coalition of government departments and agencies at various levels and numerous private sector agencies who share a common mandate of alleviating poverty in Canada. We will call this group the "anti-poverty coalition." Although generalizations are always risky, we can safely say that this group is to the left of centre on the political spectrum and is somewhat socialistic in its social philosophy. This group supports a highly regulated market economy and supports significant increases in government spending on social programs through the redirection of existing funds and/or new funds raised through increased taxation.
On the other side of the debate is another broad unofficial coalition, this one being made up of government departments and agencies and numerous private sector institutions and agencies whose primary mandate is promoting business and commerce within Canada and trade between Canada and others nations. We will call this group the "pro-business coalition." This group is to the right of centre on the political spectrum and its members would class themselves as political and fiscal conservatives. This group favours a much less regulated market economy than the first group both at home and in the global context, and generally favours less government spending on social programs and decreased taxation.
The first group — the anti-poverty coalition — uses a certain definition of poverty and a certain method of measuring poverty, based on income, to arrive at a set of "poverty lines" for individuals and for various family types and sizes living in different regions of the country. For example, the poverty line for a family of four living in Toronto in the year 2000 was set at $33,665, thus any family whose pre-tax income was less than this amount was considered to be living in poverty (1). In regards to child poverty, a key social issue since a 1989 all-party resolution to end child poverty by the year 2000, this group arrives at a figure of about 20%, thus approximately 1 in 5 Canadian children are said to be living in poverty. A leading spokesperson of this group is Kevin Lee of the Canadian Council for Social Development. Lee is a senior researcher for the CCSD and has recently published a major work called "Urban Poverty in Canada: A Statistical Profile" which can be found online at: www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2000/up
The second group — the pro-business coalition — argues that the first group uses a definition of poverty that is far too broad to be realistic, and that it uses an inappropriate method of measurement as well as problematic data, and as a result arrives at so-called "poverty lines" that are highly inflated giving the impression that the situation in Canada is much worse than it actually is. This second group uses a far more restrictive definition of poverty and uses a method of measurement that is based on the cost of a list of certain basic necessities of life, rather than on income, and arrives at a set of "poverty lines" that are about half of those of the first group. According to the second group, the poverty line for the same family of four mentioned above was $18,856 in the year 2000 — almost $15,000 below the first group's figure (2). In terms of percent totals, while the first group maintains that approximately 17% of all Canadians are living in poverty, the second group claims that the actual rate is around 8%. Regarding child poverty, the first group says it is 20% and the second says it is 10% (3). Christopher Sarlo of the Fraser Institute is a leading spokesperson for this group. Sarlo is an Associate Professor of Economics at Nipissing University, in North Bay, Ontario and has recently published "Measuring Poverty in Canada" which can be found online at: Measuring Poverty in Canada
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She is a Yogi who implores her fans to not let the naysayers deter them from achieving their dreams.
As someone who is passionate about the power of the media I fully support your message.
Ironic, no?