Media Advisory - Campaign 2000 to mark 30 years of broken promises on child poverty

WINNIPEG, Nov. 23, 2019 /CNW/ - Campaign 2000 will mark the 30 years of broken promises since the Federal government's unanimous 1989 promise to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. However, year after year, successive governments failed to back this promise up with any real investment, preferring tax cuts for those with higher incomes and balancing the budget.

Failing to address the social deficit created by poverty always ends up costing more in the justice, health, and education systems. Today, here in Manitoba, we have three of the five federal ridings with the highest rates of child poverty (read Campaign 2000's recent report here)

Campaign 2000 is calling on all parties and levels of government to get serious about investing to eradicate poverty. We do have the necessary wealth. We just chose to spend it elsewhere.

Please join us to send a strong message that in Canada no child, no one, should have to go without.

WHAT:	Rally to mark 30 years of inaction on child poverty
WHEN:	Monday November 25, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Front steps of the Manitoba Legislature
WHO:	Oke Ojekudo, Communications Coordinator, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
	Leila Sarangi, National Coordinator, Campaign 2000

Campaign 2000 is a national watch-dog movement to try and hold the Federal government accountable for the 1989 promise to eradicate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.

SOURCE Unifor

please contact Oke Ojekudo, Communications Coordinator, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, email [email protected] or by phone at [phone].

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