Caledon response to Liberal poverty strategy

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The Caledon Institute of Social Policy applauds the poverty reduction commitment outlined in Liberal leader Stéphane Dion's November 9, 2007 speech to the Learning Enrichment Foundation in Toronto. The Liberal strategy is to be praised for its recognition of poverty as a serious national problem that needs political leadership and an explicit focus to achieve clear results. While the speech puts forward some important ideas in a number of key policy areas, several of the proposals will not help reach the intended goal of a dramatic reduction in poverty. We suggest some alternative reforms.