The move was slammed by teachers and anti-poverty groups yesterday.

These were squats organised by anti-poverty groups which tended to have a short life expectancy.

Giesbrecht has also been involved in volunteer organizations, including a number of anti-poverty groups in Winnipeg's downtown core.

BIDs have also been criticized in the past by anti-poverty groups for being too harsh on the homeless and poor who may congregate around businesses.

Other anti-poverty groups also experienced funding cuts.

Private anti-poverty groups have drawn up a plan that calls for $21.6 billion to be advanced to nearly 100 million poor people over the next eight years.

Countries in the developing world would be asked for $1.6 billion and private corporations and anti-poverty groups for another $2.5 billion.

At the conference, over 500 delegates representing more than 250 anti-poverty groups passed resolutions aimed at fighting poverty in Canada.

It remains to be seen whether the government can cope with the differing viewpoints of the business sector and the anti-poverty groups.

According to a spokesperson for the anti-poverty group, making laws against panhandling doesn't address the source of the problem.