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What is poverty?
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
June 22, 2011
Regardless of the measures used, the reality is that leaving poverty unaddressed costs Canadians far more, both economically and socially… “Poverty results from barriers to social and economic resources that prevent well-being and access to opportunities in the community.” This definition does not include a number below which people must fall, but rather recognizes that, regardless of definition, our failure to address the root causes of poverty is a cost too great to ignore.
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