Grey-Bruce anti-poverty advocates are calling for a renewed commitment to poverty reduction from all levels of government when the need has never been greater. Article content

Local agencies working to combat issues such as food insecurity, lack of housing affordability, homelessness and wage inequality put out an urgent call for coordinated action earlier this week in advance of the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Friday. Article content

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“It is a time for us to check in and look at where the governments of countries around the world are at addressing poverty,” Jill Umbach, co-ordinator of the Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force said Friday afternoon. “In Canada, people are really surprised when they learn that we have 10 per cent o

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