everything flows » poverty http://www.lukerodgers.ca a celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ontario launches anti-poverty plan amidst economic turmoil http://www.lukerodgers.ca/2008/12/ontario-launches-anti-poverty-plan-amidst-economic-turmoil/ http://www.lukerodgers.ca/2008/12/ontario-launches-anti-poverty-plan-amidst-economic-turmoil/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:19:43 +0000 Luke Rodgers http://www.lukerodgers.ca/?p=372 The Ontario government has launched a comprehensive anti-poverty plan that is receing warm reception from advocates like the 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction. The fact that this has taken place during particularly bad times for Ontario’s economy is all the more impressive, and makes me proud to be an Ontarian–not something that happens every day. As is recognized today by nearly everyone, from economists to G20 leaders, now is actually a fairly auspicious time for large-scale government investment, not just in physical infrastructure but also in “social infrastructure,” of which poverty reduction is a key componenent.

In related news that makes this development even more timely, a study from UC Berkeley has found that the negative effects of poverty on children’s brains can in some cases be so severe that they resemble the impact of a stroke.

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