--- title: The Latest | Maytree description: Maytree | --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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[You can access the original version here](https://maytree.com/publications/the-canada-disability-benefit-act-is-progress-worth-celebrating). Reprinted with permission.* **   [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-canada-disability-benefit-act-is-progress-worth-celebrating?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/VC/Images/Maytreeblog-1.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/more-that-1-million-canadians-lifted-out-of-poverty-qa?hsLang=en-us) ### [Over 1 Million Canadians Lifted out of Poverty: Q&A With Maytree on Canada's Updated MBM](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/more-that-1-million-canadians-lifted-out-of-poverty-qa?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on February 28, 2020 On February 24, 2020, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) [released results](https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2020/02/over-1-million-canadians-have-been-lifted-out-of-poverty-since-2015.html) from the [2018 Canadian Income survey](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200224/dq200224a-eng.htm) that showed that, since 2015, more than 1 million Canadians have been lifted out of poverty. This represents the largest three-year reduction in Canadian history. Canada’s poverty rate continues on a downward trend, and poverty rates have decreased since 2015 in all 10 provinces.   [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/more-that-1-million-canadians-lifted-out-of-poverty-qa?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/wisconsin-1826833__340-610702-edited.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/takeaways-from-maytrees-policy-school?hsLang=en-us) ### [Takeaways from Maytree's Policy School](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/takeaways-from-maytrees-policy-school?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Christine Durant](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/christine-durant) on June 25, 2018 When I joined the Poverty Roundtable Hastings Prince Edward as their Director in 2016, building a community action plan for poverty reduction was just one of the activities I would be taking on as part of a complex project plan. The overall goal of the work was divided into two parts; First, to ensure that people who use programs shape the programs and services that matter to them, and second, to bring our community together to work to reduce poverty–In effect, removing the silos that we have had a tendency to work in. 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