A more inclusive and generous Canada

The work of the consultants, on the Low Income panel and the Chronic Illness panel, is embodied in the 2012 Acceptable Living Level (ALL) Report, sponsored by the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and Winnipeg Harvest. [...] Both organizations invite everyone in the community to study the basket of goods and services at the heart of the 2012 ALL Report. [...] Their dedication to the task of providing the public with a genuine picture of their lives, combined with their complete openness in doing so, not only provided the research data for the document, but also ensured that the report remained true to the spirit that inspires it. [...] The overall approach of the ALL Report is to ask “How much is too little?” rather than “How much is too much?” The first ALL Report was released in 1997 by Winnipeg Harvest and the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. [...] The 2012 Acceptable Living Level More than merely an alternative poverty measure, the Acceptable Living Level is a real measure of living costs, based on a realistic understanding of the actual cost of living in Winnipeg.