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The Poverty Debate


A Short Note on the History of Poverty

A note on the history of our attitudes towards poverty and the poor.



These articles have been published in the Ottawa Citizen and the Globe and Mail. They concern the effort by the Fraser Institute to make their "Basic Needs" measures the operative poverty-line.

Ottawa Citizen - July 28, 1997 - op ed
Some critique of the Fraser Institute/Sarlo poverty lines.

Ottawa Citizen - Dec. 18, 1997 - letter to editor
A complaint that the Ottawa Citizen did not cover the Campaign 2000 news release on child poverty.

Toronto Star - Dec. 30, 1997 - op ed
More critique of the Fraser Institute/Sarlo poverty lines and what they imply about our obligations to each other.



The Market Basket Measure - HRDC's Poverty Measure

A short discussion paper on HRDC's Market Basket Measure - MBM

Toronto Star - Jan. 29, 1999 - op ed
More critique of the HRDC Market Basket Measure - MBM.

An update -April 2003- to notes on HRDC's Market Basket Measure - MBM

An update - May 2003- after HRDC announced the Market Basket Measure - MBM co-authoured with others.


October, 2003

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