Documents offer glimpse of federal plans to promote upcoming poverty strategy
OTTAWA — Newly released documents suggest the federal Liberal government plans to sell its forthcoming poverty reduction strategy as an all-encompassing exercise that will be greater than the sum of its parts.
The effort to craft a storyline to market the plan to Canadians has been going on for almost a year.
Top officials from multiple departments met last November to brainstorm how best to include various government spending programs under the banner of Canada’s first-ever federal poverty reduction strategy, which is being overseen by Employment and Social Development Canada.
A briefing note, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, says the public strategy will make reference to myriad federal programs and link them back to efforts to reduce poverty.