Poverty Costs Saskatchewan: A New Approach to Prosperity for All

The costs of poverty go beyond the dollars and cents spent on maintaining Canada’s social safety net - the lost opportunity costs and the consequences of growing inequality among our province’s residents impact all of us. We know it and we want to do something to change it. When surveyed, an overwhelming 89% of Saskatoon residents supported provincial plans to reduce poverty and 90% supported provincial plans to specifically reduce child poverty. Now is the time for action on poverty reduction, and for a plan that will benefit everyone who calls this province home.

The report gives an overview of poverty in Saskatchewan and its costs, and provides evidence for the need for a comprehensive poverty reduction plan for Saskatchewan.

Publication Date: 
2014
Location: 
Saskatchewan, Canada