Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto: Child Poverty it the GTA Media Conference
The Children’s Aid Society’s in the GTA and the Social Planning Network are community partners in Campaign 2000, a non-partisan, cross-Canada network of community, provincial, and national organizations committed to working together to end child and family poverty in Canada.
”The time to act is now. More children and families are living in poverty in the GTA than ever before,” said David Rivard, Executive Director, Children’s Aid Society of Toronto. “It has been nineteen years since Campaign 2000 provided the government with realistic strategies to end child poverty. At our Agency, almost two thirds of our clients live at or below the poverty line, the children and families of Toronto cannot wait any longer.
Find out what the other participants had to say by watching the video highlights.
Video 1 - Media Conference Highlights features:
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David Rivard, Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
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Paul Zarnke, Peel Children’s Aid Society
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Tracey Vaughn, Community Development Council of Durham
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Shantel Smith, Former Youth in Care
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Video 2 - Media Conference Panel Discussion Highlights features:
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Patrick Lake, York Region Children’s Aid Society
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Wanda Secord, Durham Children’s Aid Society
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Mary McConville, Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
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Nancy MacGillivray, Halton Children’s Aid Society