By Simon Lewchuk | Thursday, July 19th, 2012

On July 25-27, the Council of the Federation (the council of the premiers of Canada’s thirteen provinces and territories) will hold their semi-annual meeting in Halifax, NS.

In advance of the gathering, Dignity for All has sent a letter to the Council's incoming-Chair, NS Premier Darrell Dexter, urging him to put poverty on the agenda. The letter highlights the negative impact of unilateral federal decisions, namely the recent Employment Insurance reforms, on provincial interests & residents' socio-economic well-being and calls for a national, multilateral poverty strategy.

A copy of the letter is available here.

If you wish to adapt and send your own letter to Premier Dexter or your own Premier, you can contact them at the addresses below:

BC: Premier Christy Clark ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

AB: Premier Alison Redford ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

SK: Premier Brad Wall ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

MB: Premier Greg Selinger ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

ON: Premier Dalton McGunity ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

QC: Premier Jean Charest ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

NB: Premier David Alward ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

NS: Premier Darrell Dexter ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

PE: Premier Robert Ghiz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

NL: Premier Kathy Dunderdale ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

YK: Premier Dennis Fentie ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

NT: Premier Bob McLeod ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

NU: Premier Paul Okalik ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )