Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
June 2004 Community Development Halton wishes to acknowledge the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia, SPARC BC, for the development of the materials in Canada Votes 2004. Community Development Halton has made changes to this material in order to...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
October 2006 The United Nations has designated October 17 as International Day for the Elimination of Poverty. I thought it important on this day to reflect on Canada’s record to eliminate poverty across our land. Poverty has a devastating impact. It represents...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
July 2010 Community Development Halton is astonished and deeply concerned about the recent decision of the Federal Government to discontinue the mandatory long-form questionnaire for the 2011 Census in favour of a voluntary National Household Survey (NHS). As a local...
Oct 17, 1996 | Community Dispatch Archive
October 1996 United Nations Declaration In 1992, the United Nations declared October 17th the International Day of the Eradication of Poverty and 1996 as the International Year of the Eradication of Poverty. At the world summit for Social Development in 1995 leaders...