Dear Prime Minister Harper,

As nations leaders of Canadian churches and members of the Canadian Council of Churches, we call on our government to take immediate steps to develop and implement a national poverty reduction strategy. Concern for the poor and a commitment to address poverty are deeply held aspects of our Christian faith, as we know they are for many faiths. We believe we are called, as churches and as Canadians, to address the social and economic structures which impoverish thousands of children, parents, and single people in Canada, and keep them in the conditions of poverty. Read full article…

Source: Canadian Council of Churchs