National News Federal government announces plan to reduce poverty by 20 per cent By Brittany Hobson Aug 21, 2018 The Trudeau government announced its anti-poverty plan in Winnipeg Tuesday. In 2015 – 4.2 million people were living in poverty in Canada. Ottawa hopes to reduce this by 20 per cent by the year 2020. Brittany Hobson brings us more. Report an Error Tell us your Story Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Details *EmailSubmit Report Tags: anti-poverty, Featured, Federal Government, Poverty, Winnipeg Continue Reading Firefighter, B.C. chief say climate change to blame for wildfires First Nations, citizen groups call for auditor general to investigate nuclear wa... Author(s) Brittany Hobson [email protected] More Stories Indigenous hip-hop group Winnipeg’s Most returns to stag... 2 hours ago By Cierra Bettens Tk’emlúps to sign reconciliation covenant with Roma... 2 hours ago By Kathleen Martens Supreme Court upholds First Nations’ ability to set resi... 5 hours ago By Danielle Paradis | Sara Connors Canada, Manitoba point fingers at each other in response t... 8 hours ago By Mark Blackburn Catholic Church hints at legal action, human rights compla... 1 day ago By Trevor Wright ‘The Gold Rush is over’: First Nations chiefs celebrat... 1 day ago By Local Journalism Initiative