Sites of Interest

Government Anti-Poverty Plans and Strategies

Newfoundland and Labrador
Poverty Reduction Initiative

New Brunswick
Developing a Poverty Reduction Plan

Quebec
National Strategy to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
Government Action Plan to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
An Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
Le Centre d'étude sur la pauvreté et l'exclusion (French only)

Ontario
Breaking the Cycle: Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

Manitoba
All Aboard: Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

United Kingdom
Government's latest report on progress to goals Tackling Poverty - March 2006
2003 Report (which sets out how the U.K. Government will measure poverty) Measuring Child Poverty - December 2003

Ireland
Office for Social Inclusion
Combat Poverty Agency - Working for a poverty-free Ireland

European Union
National Action Plans Against Poverty and Social Exclusion - National Reports on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008-2010

France
Engagement national contre la pauvreté (French only)

Human Rights and Poverty

There are a number of international agreements related to poverty, a key one being the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR):
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm

You can find recent reports on Canada and the CESCR at:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs36.htm

You can find other related human rights information at:
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/index_e.cfm

Government

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml
Provincial and territorial governments. Social assistance is legislated by each province and territory. Please contact your provincial or territorial government for help with such matters.

NGOs