CCSD MEDIA CENTRE

For media inquiries, please contact:

Public Affairs
(613) 236-8977, ext. 253
E-mail: Taillon@ccsd.ca

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]

• Nowhere to Turn? Abused Immigrant and Visible Minority Women Not Getting Help They Need [March 8, 2004]

• Media Advisory: Nowhere to Turn? Report on Immigrant and Visible Minority Women and Partner Violence to be Released on International Women’s Day [March 3, 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]