Next week is Homelessness Action Week across British Columbia, which is timely considering the debate on Bill C-400, An Act to Ensure Secure, Adequate, Accessible and Affordable housing for Canadians, is set to take place in the House of…
This week during the 21st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), new CWP Executive Director Leilani Farha will speak to the importance of integrating a gender perspective when considering economic and social rights, and more specifically, the…
Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington, and the Food Access Working Group of the Guelph-Wellington Food Round Table have recently sent a letter to MP Valeriote, MP Chong, MP Schellenberger, and…
A report released today by the Ontario Common Front, a coalition of over 90 groups and organizations, states that Ontario is dead last in terms of growing poverty rates, rising inequality and spending on public services. While Ontario established a…
Canada Without Poverty is pleased to announce that on September 5th Leilani Farha will become the organization’s new Executive Director. Leilani is a leading expert and advocate on economic and social human rights, especially for women. She has a long history promoting…
Canada Without Poverty is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors: Derek Cook of Calgary (for an At-Large seat), George Lessard of Yellowknife (for the NT seat), Wayne MacNaughton of Halifax (for the…
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released their 12th annual National Report Card on Health Care this week on August 13th. Surveys were conducted online and via telephone with 1004 randomly selected participants by the Ipsos Household Panel. Their findings confirm…
Canada Without Poverty has sent a submission to the federal finance committee applying to appear in the fall and present recommendations for the upcoming 2013 budget. Aligned with previous presentations, the submission captures the reality of poverty across the country…
How do you prevent youth, living in poor disadvantaged communities, from resorting to desperate acts to help them feel a sense of worth and social inclusion? By investing in community security and policing initiatives or into their lives, futures, and…
In advance of the meeting of the Council of the Federation this week (the annual meeting of the 13 premiers from all provinces and territories), Canada Without Poverty blogged on the Huffington Post about the effects Employment Insurance changes will…
The most influential social determinant of health is income. As inequality grows in Canada, so will the costs to health care and society as more people succumb to physical and mental illness. That is the main point in the Toronto…
After much protest, Bill C-38, the omnibus budget bill passed third reading in the Senate last Friday (to see how Senators voted click here). This gargantuan bill that went well beyond consideration for federal financial measures (aka: a budget) and…