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' . . within our daily lives, speech and a 31” l A 1 However for one ART series of subse- d d s o m e group â€" residents SINCLAIR quent announce- who exist in pove merits indicated â€" the recession page the province was to you r ents a unique series of challenges serious about addressing the and misfortunes. poverty portfolio that many previ- The photograph of poverty in ous governments, including - Ontario is a dismal picture getting McGuinty's own first term, were worse by many standards. The hesitant or reluctant to handle. Ontario Association of Food Banks In December of last year, the (OAFB) has estimated that the province released their reduction 1,“ 5, 1 - after-tax poverty rate across the strategy which provided relatively Efig, $55 province is expected to grow from aggressive targets for reducing ‘ 10.3 per cent in 2006 to 13.6 per child poverty over the next five Triu- ’ 1 ‘ 1 ‘_ cent in 2010 - or an additional years. One of the first measures to 1 » ' ‘ ’ $3- 1 474,368 residents being driven into assist in addressing this issue was 1 f this unfortunate predicament dur~ the recently announced increase 1 ing the next two years. in the maximum amount for the ' ’ The OAFB compiled a unique Ontario Child Benefit from $600 to repon last November that $1,100 per child annually. A addmsed the previously over- However the opdmism incor- ',aylormade looked economic cost of poverty. potated within the poverty reduc- , The contributors to this document tion strategy was somewhat miti- , 1 were not habitual social policy gated last week with media reports t, » . "~ Tour Burner analysts - the list included TD that the government was reconsid- is: Q”; ~- Driver Bank Chief Economist Don Drum- ering proposed increases to the Agghr? . ,_ mond and James Milway ofthe minimumwage. PremierMoGuin- fi-1o-[14Jr M” “W m ‘r""‘" "W Martin Prosperity Institute. two ty indicated that next year‘s sched- 1‘ ~-‘ ' Al. 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