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Recent Press Releases, Letters, Op-Eds and Media Advisories

• Movie Premiere: Four Feet Up (November 24, 2009)

• Canada's Social Deficit (September 2009)

• Speaking Points: National Hunger Awareness Day, Food Banks Canada (June 02, 2009)

• Help The Aged Canada: Speaking Points, Peggy Taillon (May, 2009)

• Forum Speech: Peggy Taillon's Town Hall Speech (May, 2009)

• Media Release: New report says NAFTA ignores economic well-being of our kids (September 17, 2008)

• Almost 3 million households paying more than they can afford for housing (January 30, 2007)

• Press release: Wayne Helgason elected Chair of the CCSD Board of Directors (July 11, 2006)

• Press Release: Economic and Social Integration Have Profound Effect On 120 Million Children in North America (May 2, 2006)

• Media Release: Some families losing ground in effort to provide stable family incomes (April 26, 2006)

• Communiqué: New Canadians participate, despite obstacles (April 24, 2006)

• Response to "Make Immigrants Take Oath" (Letter to the Editor re Fraser Institute statement on immigrants (Ottawa Citizen, March 3, 2006)

• Reality Check: As Premiers met in Alberta, the CCSD and Campaign 2000 remind them that political will and vision is needed to tackle poverty (Toronto Star, August 10, 2005)

• Vancouver children’s advocate wins national award (June 8, 2005)

• Media Advisory: Child Care Strategy Essential, Martin Told (November 10, 2004)

• Letter to the Editor re Crime Rates and Poverty (The Hill Times, August 2004)

• Letter to the Editor: Sheila and Ralph's ideas on improving health care. (The National Post, August 11, 2004)

• There's room at the top for workers with disabilities: Research shows union membership and gender are key factors (May 25, 2004)

• Budget commentary: Budget Leaves Social Development Department with Little to Do (March 24, 2004)

• Op-Ed by Marcel Lauzière: Will Martin tackle 'social deficit' with as much gusto? (January 24, 2004)

• Announcement: CCSD welcomes Gail Dugas as Vice-President of Public Affairs (January 2004)

• Canadians increasingly anxious despite positive indicators (Personal Security Index 2003) (November 3, 2003)

• Imagining a Future of Inclusion: CCSD's submission to the House Of Commons Standing Committee On Finance 2003 Pre-Budget Consultations (PDF file, 130kb). (September 2003)

• Children increasingly exposed to violence – parents can help (September 15, 2003)

• Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada's New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Organizations (June 15, 2003)

• More Policy Positions and Op-Eds

CCSD In the News

• On the eve of the Cancun Summit, CCSD urges Harper, Bush and Fox not to ignore the interests of 120 million children. (March 29, 2006)

• Critics question value of budget work incentives (Jill Mahoney, Globe and Mail, November 16, 2005)

• Canada Failing to Stop Child Poverty (The Leader-Post, Regina, October 1, 2005)

   

• Poverty in Canada substantially underestimated, reveal statistics (Eric Beauchesne, CanWest News Service, May 13, 2005)

• Funding Still Matters: The issue that can't be ignored (Charity Village, April 18, 2005)

• Interview between CBC Radio's Anthony Germain and CCSD's John Anderson on the recently signed parental leave agreement between Quebec and Ottawa. (March 2005)

• Local Man Appointed to Social Policy Seat (The Daily Gleaner, December 2004, re: CCSD Chair, Patrick Flanagan)

• Fears of an underclass: Newcomers to Canada struggle to close wage gap
  Upward mobility is key to progress, researchers say (Toronto Star, September 28 2004)

• Teen Work a Balancing Act (London Free Press, August 2004)

• StatsCan gives planners easier access to numbers (Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star, May 29 2004

• Hard to Dismantle a Bad Deal (Carol Goar, Toronto Star, May 5 2004)

• The New Face of Work: Companies say diversity pays (Canadian Business magazine, March 29 2004)

• CBC National video clip about CCSD's report on violence against immigrant/visible minority women (March 2004)
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• CTV video clip about CCSD's report on violence against immigrant/visible minority women (March 2004)
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• CBC Newsworld interview with CCSD President Marcel Lauzière about the Social Transfer (March 2004)
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• Funding crisis puts charities on the edge - Ottawa Citizen, February 29, 2004

• Toronto Star: Minority Women Face More Abuse (March 8, 2004)

• Ottawa Citizen: Immigrant women in abusive marriages 'uniquely vulnerable' (March 8, 2004)