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Groups call for united voice in Northern Ont.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
May 21, 2011
The Northern Policy Institute’s mandate is to conduct independent forward-looking research on business, economic and social issues to improve the area’s standard of living and monitor and report on the implementation of the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario… FONOM, NOMA and NOSDA’s vision of input is an expression of what Northern communities have been saying since the plan was first released in March… The Growth Plan for Northern Ontario is an extensive plan that examines the north’s economy, people, communities, infrastructure, environment and Aboriginal peoples.
Tags: budget, economy, participation, standard of living
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Ottawa must lead poverty fight: MP
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
June 5, 2010
Martin said he will present a bill in the House in the coming weeks. It will empower the government to take a leadership role to help reduce poverty in Canada. The federal government’s role has diminished since the mid-1990s when it eliminated the Canada Assistance Plan, Martin said. “It has been reduced to only transferring dollars to the province over the years and those amounts have declined,” he said.
Tags: poverty, standard of living
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