Empowering people, engaging community, enabling success

Launched in 2006, Reducing Poverty: An Action Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador set out the strategic vision, guiding principles, key directions, and practical goals and objectives to realize the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s commitment to become the province in Canada with the lowest poverty rates in the country by 2014. [...] One of the best ways out of poverty is through meaningful paid employment, and a key goal of the PRS is the provision of greater supports to help people go to work, including removing barriers and financial disincentives to employment. [...] In recognition of this, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is committed to continued consultation and to making required adjustments to strategic investments that respond to the needs of people living in poverty. [...] In 2003 the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador committed to transform the province into the one with the lowest rate of poverty in Canada by 2014. [...] In addition to initiatives developed and implemented as part of the PRS and connections to other strategies, the Provincial Government’s approach to addressing the fiscal and social needs of the province has promoted the growth of Newfoundland and Labrador’s economy.