Two Solutions for Urban Poverty (Presentation to the Td Forum on Canada's Standard of Living)
Description:
This paper proposes solutions to urban poverty that both increase the quality of life in Canada's large cities and make them more economically competitive in the global marketplace. The first group tries to match skills of immigrants to the shortage of skilled trades and professionals through recognizing competencies and qualifications of newcomers. The second series addresses the need for affordable housing. Both the governments in Canada and the private sector are called upon to improve conditions facing poor people, many of whom suffer from racial and ethnocultural discrimination. Using data from Statistics Canada and a study on poverty in the 1990s done jointly by the UWGT with the Canadian Council on Social Development, called "A Decade of Decline" and also a report by Michael Ornstein on the disparity of poverty in Toronto
Type of Resource:
Report
Publication Date:
2000
Location:
Toronto