Working together : Action plan to reduce and eliminate poverty in the Northwest Territories

TOGETHER An Action PlAn to Reduce And eliminAte PoveRty in the noRthwest teRRitoRies mAy 2015 An Action PlAn to Reduce And eliminAte PoveRty in the noRthwest teRRitoRies. [...] Julie Green, Mark Heyck, Bob Simpson, Bronwyn Watters 2. |. An Action PlAn to Reduce And eliminAte PoveRty in the noRthwest teRRitoRies MINIsTER’s MEssAGE In June 2013, with the tabling of Building on the Strengths of Northerners, I committed to the development of a multi- stakeholder Territorial Action Plan to tackle poverty in the Northwest Territories. [...] I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the development of this document: the many people across the North who participated in consultations, delegates at the two Round Tables, and particularly the members of the Ministerial Anti- Poverty Advisory Committee for their hard work in leading the development of this Plan. [...] TERRITORIAl ANTI-POVERTY ACTION PlAN Overview Based on the five pillars and goals outlined in Building on The reduction and elimination of poverty requires sustained effort the Strengths of Northerners, the NWT Anti-Poverty Strategic and investment by all levels of government (federal, territorial, Framework, this Action Plan has been developed by the Ministerial municipal, aboriginal). [...] The entire Action Plan is built on the Vision, Principles for Action and five Pillars, or Priorities, identified in Building on the Strengths of Northerners: A Strategic Framework toward the Elimination of Poverty in the NWT.