With less poverty, all of us stand to gain immeasurably.
Comité consultatif de lutte contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale
May 31, 2017
Bulletin no. 22, May 2017
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This issue of our Online Bulletin looks at the position taken over the years by the Comité on the question of the minimum wage. The Comité considers that the minimum wage is still a poverty-fighting measure that complements the other socio-fiscal measures adopted by the government.
February 28, 2017
Online Bulletin no. 21, February 2017
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This Online Bulletin covers in greater detail recommendation number 6 of the Comité’s Advisory Opinion entitled Réformer la fiscalité pour tendre vers un Québec sans pauvreté. That recommendation concerns a reduction in marginal effective tax rates (METRs) for low-income workers, whether or not they are recipients of last-resort financial assistance. The reduction is one of the three priorities presented in in the Advisory Opinion.
November 28, 2016
Online Bulletin no. 20, November 2016
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In this issue of the Online Bulletin, the Comité reaffirms that individuals’ ability to move according to their needs is a crucial factor of their social and economic inclusion, in particular as concerns those living in poverty. Transportation is essential to ensuring effective access to housing, employment, education, healthcare services, individual autonomy, and so on. This right is in fact a precondition for the enjoyment of other equally fundamental rights, hence its importance in the fight against poverty and social exclusion.
