This year, through a series of true and false questions, The Salvation Army is releasing data to illustrate the public’s perception on homelessness and poverty. By releasing this data, our goal is to illustrate the realities, and lay to rest some commonly-held misconceptions, about homelessness and poverty. Ultimately, we hope this information will help the public understand why extreme homelessness and poverty persist.
The answer to the question can be found below.
Homelessness and poverty are two of the most critical social issues impacting millions of Canadians today. For many, severe homelessness and poverty can become a vicious cycle that devastates lives. The Salvation Army believes that poverty shouldn’t be a life sentence.
Read the full Poverty Shouldn’t be a Life Sentence Report below or download a copy.
The answer is True: Nearly two-thirds of all respondents ranked poverty and issues linked to poverty as the most important social problems in Canada.
I think greed and not poverty is the most pressing social issue. In fact I would go so far as to say that the biggest cause of poverty is our greed. Money we spend on our wants that could go to another persons needs is a bigger issue by far. Sadly this is not limited to the world but to us as Christians as well. When I buy the latest ipod because I want a new toy – especially when my current MP3 works fine I am really saying that I don’t care about poverty. When I buy a 40,000 car when a 20,000 more then meets my needs I am saying that ME is more important then WE. Saying I care about poverty is trendy – living like I care about poverty is the challenge