Media Advisory - Release of 2021 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty In Canada

TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2021 /CNW/ - New report finds poverty reduction has stalled, and given the impacts of the pandemic, it is likely to increase in the next few years. As the 44th Canadian Parliament enters session, there will be pressure to deliver a COVID-19 recovery plan.  This report puts forward a platform that leaves no one behind.  Join the press conference Nov.24^th at 10am.

The national report card will be released in coordination with provincial report cards from partners in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

WHAT: Annual child and family poverty report card release and press conference
WHO: Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty
WHEN: Report card available November 24, 1:00 a.m. ET followed by a press conference at 10:00 a.m. ET.
WHERE: find the 2021 report cards at www.campaign2000.ca; register for the press release at www.tinyurl.com/campaign2000press

SPEAKERS:
Leila Sarangi, National Director, Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty
Shalini Konanur, Lawyer/Executive Director, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO)
Rabia Khedr, National Director, Disability Without Poverty, Founder of DEEN Support Services and Race and Disability Canada
Janine Harvey, Activist and Campaign 2000 Steering Committee member, Northwest Territories

Campaign 2000 is a coalition of organizations working to end child and family poverty.  Please visit www.campaign2000.ca for more information.

SOURCE Campaign 2000

National Contacts: Leila Sarangi, National Director of Campaign 2000, [email protected], 647-393-1097; Porte-parole français disponible, Ricardo Tranjan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 416-835-9640, [email protected]; Provincial and Territorial Contacts: British Columbia: Helesia Luke and Adrienne Montani, First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society, 778-858-0553, [email protected]; Alberta: Sydney Sheloff, Edmonton Social Planning Council, [email protected]; Bradley Lafortune, Public Interest Alberta, [email protected]; Saskatchewan: Miguel Sanchez, Faculty of Social Work-University of Regina, 306-585-4848, 306-550-7322; Manitoba: Josh Brandon, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, 204-898-6460, [email protected]; Ontario: Randy Robinson, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 416-788-7003, [email protected]; Ricardo Tranjan (français, português, español), 416-835-9640, [email protected]; New Brunswick: Randy Hatfield and Heather Atcheson, Human Development Council, 506-634-1673, [email protected]; [email protected]; Nova Scotia: Lauren Matheson, CCPA-NS (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS), 902- 579-9555 (cell), [email protected]; Prince Edward Island: Mary Boyd, 902-969-2693, [email protected]