e-291 (Poverty)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-12-09 Government Response to petitions concerning poverty
- National Poverty Reduction Strategy in Canada
- Poverty
- Saint John
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
- The City of Saint John, according to 2013 taxfiler data, has a child poverty rate of 31%;
- The Government of Canada has committed to make significant new investments in social infrastructure; and
- The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development has been mandated to lead the development of a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy that would set targets to reduce poverty and measure and publicly report on progress.
- Open for signature
- April 18, 2016, at 2:34 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 16, 2016, at 2:34 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Wayne Long
(Saint John—Rothesay)
June 7, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01465) - Government response tabled
- July 19, 2017