Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

Congratulations to all of you who contacted your federal election candidates and encouraged them to endorse the Make Poverty History goals! Thanks to you, more than 75% of candidates from all parties have endorsed the Make Poverty History goals of more and better aid, trade justice, 100% debt cancellation and an end to child poverty in Canada. In all, 987 candidates responded by our deadline, and even now, more are contacting us.

To find out how the candidates and their parties responded, visit the Make Poverty History website. You can also find out about the different party platforms to see how the different parties plan to act.

And check out CPAC’s “Talk Politics” program this Sunday, January 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time.) See panelists including Ambassador Stephen Lewis, anti-poverty activist Josephine Grey, journalist John Stackhouse and author Linda McQuaig present their questions to candidates from three political parties. If you don’t have access to CPAC, why not organize a Make Poverty History pre-election viewing event with someone who does?

But please don’t stop there. Weigh the candidate endorsements as well as the party platforms in your decision. And then, vote to Make Poverty History on Monday, January 23rd.