Version of document from 2018-12-13 to 2019-06-20:
Poverty Reduction Act
S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 687
Assented to 2018-12-13
An Act respecting the reduction of poverty
[Enacted by section 687 of chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 2018, in force on assent December 13, 2018.]
Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Poverty Reduction Act.
Marginal note:Poverty reduction targets
2 The targets for poverty reduction in Canada to which the Government of Canada aspires are the following:
(a) 20% below the level of poverty in 2015 by 2020; and
(b) 50% below the level of poverty in 2015 by 2030.
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