CAMPAIGN 2000
Transmitted by CNW Group on : November 22, 2006
Media Advisory
2006 Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada to be released Friday, Nov 24
TORONTO, Nov. 22 /CNW/ - National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations,
Phil Fontaine, will join Laurel Rothman, Campaign 2000 National Coordinator, to
release the report 'Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty for Too Long.'
Campaign 2000's annual Report Card on Child Poverty presents the latest
statistics on child and family poverty, including disturbing information on
poverty among First Nations children. Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty
for Too Long will be released Friday, November 24, at 10:00 a.m. at the Toronto
Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, 439 Dundas St. East (southwest corner of
Dundas East and Parliament - very limited local parking).
Speakers at the press conference: Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator,
Campaign 2000;
Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations;
Angus Toulouse, Assembly of First Nations, Regional Chief, ON;
Vera Pawis Tabobondung, President, National Association of Friendship Centres;
Uzma Shakir, President, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants;
Michael Polanyi, KAIROS (porte parole francophone).
The release of the report coincides with the launch of the 'Make Poverty History
for First Nations' campaign at the Canadian Aboriginal Festival, later on
November 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Rogers Centre, Toronto. Provincial report
cards on child poverty are also being released on November 24 in British
Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and during the
week of November 27 in Alberta.
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Campaign 2000 is a non-partisan, cross-Canada network of over 120 national,
provincial and community partner organizations committed to working together to
end child poverty in Canada. Website: www.campaign2000.ca
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/For further information: and to arrange interviews with families and
francophone spokespersons, please contact Jacquie Maund, Campaign 2000, (416)
595-9230 ext 241 or Laurel Rothman (416) 575-9230; Provincial Report Card
contacts: B.C. - Michael Goldberg, First Call, (604) 222-2290 or Steve
Kerstetter (604) 737-0858; Alberta - Bill Moore-Kilgannon, Public Interest
Alberta, (780) 420-0471; Saskatchewan - Garson Hunter, University of Regina,
(306) 585-5643; Manitoba - Sid Frankel, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg,
(204) 943-2561; New Brunswick - Randy Hatfield, Human Development Council,
(506) 636-8540; Nova Scotia - Pauline Raven, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives, (902) 670-2949/
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