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“Poverty is a human rights violation: Saskatchewan
anti-poverty groups want political parties to respond”
By Brandon
Gonez
March 16,
2016 8:17 pm
REGINA –
Every political party was called out
Wednesday by a coalition of Saskatchewan’s anti poverty groups who say poverty
is a human rights violation.
“Why are we
seeing homelessness growing in this province?” Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry
advocate Bonnie Morton asked.
It’s one of
many questions poverty elimination groups such us Poverty Free Saskatchewan and
Regina Education & Action on Child Hunger (REACH) want answered this
election.
In doing
so, they’ve come up with a list of questions ranging from party’s plans
regarding the minimum wage, to expanding social housing and wether parties will
support a food security strategy to end poverty.
“I don’t
know about any of you but anytime I go to the store it’s getting like ‘Hmm, I
can’t have that piece of fruit now because I just can’t afford it” Morton
added.
“We’re
asking the general public to ask these questions to the candidates that come to
their door” (REACH) executive director Dana Folkersen said.
The Regina
Anti-Poverty Ministry wants poverty on the election radar, pointing to the
province’s missed opportunity to make a difference during the economic boom
years.
“During
that 5 years period we also saw the largest growth of food bank usage in
Canada” Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry advocate Peter Gilmer said.
Saskatchewan’s
poverty rate has decreased from 14% in 2006 to 10.6% today with investments in
housing and income assistance benefits.
But a
single parent with two kinds on social assistance still receives a max general
living allowance of $966 and advocates criticize that number hasn’t increased
in 9 years, leaving some families stuck in the holes of Saskatchewan’s social
safety net.
“I don’t
know one person whose walked through my door and said ‘God, poverty looks great
I aspire to be poor can you help me do that, what we get from them is can you
help us get out of it” Morton said.
The Sask
Party is defending their record by highlighting their poverty reduction
strategy, but the NDP says a report isn’t good enough and if elected, they’ll
implement a basic income pilot program.
Analisis:
Saskatchewan’s
anti poverty groups say poverty is a human rights violation. They asked “Why
are we seeing homelessness growing in this province?” and “Did political will
support a food security strategy to end poverty?”.
The Regina
Anti-Poverty Ministry wants poverty on the election radar, because there are province’
missed opportunity to make a difference about economic, and the largest problem
in Canada.
Saskatchewan
says, today poverty rate has decreased into 10.6%, and to reduce the poverty,
they will provide social assistance of shelther for single parent with two
kinds.
“Why do
they do that?”. Because the saskatchewan wants their leader can survive and if
elected, they’ll implement a basic income pilot program.
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