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Let’s aim to eradicate poverty
Friday, July 6th, 2012
July 6, 2012
Dr. Christine Saulnier and economist Angella MacEwan of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Halifax… found that poverty is costing P.E.I. $315 million per year and that $40 million is in health costs. Lower-income status has been found to account for 33 – 40 per cent of hospitalization rates in Canada. One study estimates that an increase of $1,000 per year would lead to nearly 10,000 fewer chronic conditions, and 6,600 fewer disability days every two weeks.
Tags: economy, Health, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Eradicating poverty is attainable
Monday, July 25th, 2011
July 25, 2011
Researchers at the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives (CCPA) found that maintaining this system of poverty rather than eradicating it costs the province from five per cent to seven per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually. What other issue, taking such a chunk of revenues, would be treated with such indifference? Would there not be an outcry if these figures applied to other sectors? And what about the human cost to health and the suffering caused by social exclusion?
Tags: economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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