Saint John will be one six across Canada to conduct of case study on poverty and the results will inform Ottawa’s national poverty reduction strategy.
Famillies, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos in the Port City to announce the Tackling Poverty Together Project will begin in Saint John.
He says at the same time they will learn first hand what it’s like to live in poverty.
Saint John will be one of 6 cities that is part of a in-depth assessment on poverty. The process begins here. pic.twitter.com/s7ams1LXw9
— CHSJ News (@chsjnews) September 2, 2016
Duclos also spent some time touring the Crescent Valley with Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long.
Thank you to the residents of Crescent Valley who graciously welcomed me today. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/OjwJMoAfTI
— Jean-Yves Duclos (@jyduclos) September 2, 2016
Saint John owns the shameful stat of having the highest rate of child poverty in the country while Canada-wide 3 million people are living in poverty.
