Sask. government launches poverty reduction strategy

By Adriana Christianson

With a little more than a month to go before the election, the Saskatchewan government is officially launching a poverty reduction strategy.

The goal of the strategy is to reduce the number of people living in poverty by 50 per cent by 2025. Right now about 10 per cent of the population, or 107,000 people live in poverty.The plan focuses on six priority areas:

1. Income Security
2. Housing and Homelessness
3. Early Childhood Development and Childcare
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