POVERTY
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      coninued
      from
      page
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
      problem.
      We
      have
      a
      very
     
     
      serious
      crisis
      in
      Canada
     
     
      around
      homelessness
     
     
      because
      we
      don’t
      have
      a
     
     
      national
      housing
      strat-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      °°
     
    
   
   
    
     
      egy.
     
     
      Most
      recently,
      a
     
     
      leaked
      cabinet
      memo
     
     
      showed
      a
      recommenda-
      -
     
     
      tion
      by
      Bradshaw
      to
      her
     
     
      colleagues
      to
      increase
     
     
      funding
      for
      housing
      by
     
     
      $700-million,
      in
      addi-
     
     
      tional
      to
      the
      $50-million
      ©
     
     
      already
      being
      spent.
     
     
      Many
      of
      her
      recommen-
     
     
      dations
      address
      ideas
     
     
      from
      Golden’s
      report.
     
     
      As
      well,
      Bradshaw
     
     
      saw
      that
      $1.2-million
      _
     
     
      was
      earmarked
      specifi-
     
     
      cally
      for
      Toronto
      to
      deal
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      emergency
      shelters
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      this
      winter.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      encourag-
     
     
      ing
      for
      those
      working
      on
      —
     
     
      the
      front
      lines
      of
      pov-
     
     
      erty.
     
     
      “Ann
      [Golden]
     
     
      believes
      it’s
      a
      step
      in
      the
     
     
      right
      direction,”
      says
      a
     
     
      United
      Way
      representa-
     
     
      tive
      for
      Ann
      Golden.
     
     
      “The
      government
      is
     
     
      giving
      it
      attention,
      but
      it
     
     
      requires
      a
      three
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      level
      approach.”
     
    

    
     
      But
      whatever
     
     
      action
      needs
      to
      be
      taken
     
     
      to
      combat
      poverty
      in
     
     
      Canada,
      most
      activists
     
     
      recognize
      Bradshaw
      was
      —
     
     
      never
      appointed
      to
      come
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      times
      as
      a
      country.
      ted
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      up
      with
      all
      the
      answers.
     
     
      The
      Campaign
      2000
     
     
      report
      recognizes
      this
      _
     
     
      and
      turns
      the
      heat
      onto
      7
     
     
      other
      federal
      cabinet
      —
     
     
      ministers.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      side
      of
      the
      House
      of
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      foyer
      out-
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Commons,
      Minister
      of
     
     
      Human
      Resources
      and
     
     
      Development
      Jane
     
     
      Stewart
      goes
      to
      meet
     
     
      reporters
      following
      the
     
     
      release
      of
      the
      Campaign
     
     
      2000
      report
      and
      a
      round
     
     
      of
      intense
      debate
      during
     
     
      question
      period.
      Many
     
     
      of
      the
      group’s
      recom-
     
     
      mendations
      will
      require
     
     
      action
      from
      her
      depart-
     
     
      ment
      along
      with
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      infusion
      of
      money
      from
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Finance
      Minister
      Paul
     
     
      Martin.
     
     
      “Without
      question,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      it’s
      clear
      that
      we’ve
      been
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      though
      some
      difficult
      —
     
     
      beat
      decade
      tes
      been
     
    
   
   
    
     
      an
      increase
      to
      the
      Na-
      |
     
     
      tional
      Child
      Benefit,
      a
     
     
      program
      that
      gives
     
     
      increased
      benefits
      to’
     
     
      families
      with
      incomes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      levels
      under
      $26,000
      and
      ;
     
    
   
   
    
     
      increased
      funding
      to
     
     
      provincial
      services
      and
     
     
      benefits
      for
      low-income
     
    
   
   
    
     
      families.
     
     
      :
      “What
      we
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      found
      though
      in
      the
     
     
      context
      of
      at
      least
      the
     
     
      time
      we’ve
      been
      here
      is
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      we
      have
      coment’
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      some
      of
      the
      tl
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dest’
     
    

    
     
      “Balderdash,”
     
     
      responds
      Broadbent
      to
     
     
      Stewart’s
      claims.
      “The
     
     
      country
      to
      the
      south
      of
     
     
      us
      has
      the
      highest
      GDP
     
     
      in
      the
      world.
      It
      also
      has
     
     
      the
      highest
      disparities
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      between
      the
      rich
      and
      the
      :
      Jo
     
     
      poor
      of
      any
      of
      the
      indus-
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      nations.”
     
     
      “What
      we’ve
     
     
      by
      he:
      continues,
      °
      ‘is
      a
     
     
      deci
      at
      the
      outset
     
     
      ‘where
      there
      was
      some
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      downturn
      in
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      economy,
      but
      a
      decade
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that,
      quit
      disproportion-
      _
      :
      ki
     
     
      ate
      to
      the
      d
      one
      oe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Her
      SOOKE
      fein
      in
      |
      grou
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2000
      is
      far
      more
      than
      the
      |
      colder
      anc
     
     
      $700-million
      being
     
     
      requested
      by
      Bradshaw
     
     
      for
      housing,
      and
      the
      $2-
     
     
      billion
      being
      promised
     
     
      by
      Stewart
      for
      new
     
     
      HRDC
      programs.
      —_—_|
      heat
     
     
      Back
      at
      the
      release
      |
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      Have
      you
      been
      running
      around
      without
      a
     
     
      helmet
      for
      too
      long?
      Finally
      a
      fashionable
     
     
      solution
      to
      the
      head
      protection
      problem!
     
     
      Leave
      it
      to
      the
      Cadre
      to
      come
      up
      with
      a
     
     
      helmet
      so
      functional
      ...
      yet
      stylish.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ah...
      that’s
      better
      ...
      safer!