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Federal budget “misses the mark”

CWP responds to the federal budget released yesterday with a new blog on the Huffington Post Canada website.  The increase in the age of eligibility for Old Age Security (from 65 to 67), cuts in funding to federal agencies, and…

Engage Ottawa: The Face of Poverty

*By CWP Intern Emily Shoff Poverty is a complex issue.  There is not one particular ‘type’ of person or population who experiences the struggles of low-income.  During my internship at Canada Without Poverty, a central point I have come to…

Join CWP’s Board of Directors!

Canada Without Poverty, formerly named the National Anti-Poverty Organization, was founded in 1971 and is a federally incorporated, non-partisan, not-for-profit and charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada.  All directors on our 16-seat Board of Directors have the lived…

The Canada that “could be”

As Canadians prepare for the release of the federal  budget this month they should immerse themselves in the 2012 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) that was launched today.  Offering details of a Canada that “could be”, the Canadian Centre for Policy…

A Supportive Environment For Women

** By Carleton University Intern Emily Shoff Happy International Women’s Day!  It is a day that represents pride, independence, strength, history and growth.  It is a day in which women and men reflect on how far women have come and…

New Immigrants Endeavour to Find Full Employment

Imagine yourself moving to another country.  Packing up and travelling a far distance to an unfamiliar country in hopes of a better life while accustoming to a new culture, language and neighbourhood.  It is a life altering experience. For those…

Vulnerable Populations and Access to Services

*By Carleton University intern Laura-Lee MacDonald Connections are critical to human relationships. When a person needs help, where can they go to get it? Family and friends may not always be available for many people living in poverty, especially when also…

Renewed call for a national housing strategy

A drop hitting water.

Yesterday NDP MP Marie-Claude Morin re-introduced the former Bill C-304, An Act to secure adequate accessible and affordable housing for Canadians.  Newly enumerated as Bill C-400, this piece of legislation brings back the call for a national housing strategy that…

Engage Ottawa: The struggle against hunger

A drop hitting water.

Meal planning and preparation can be an arduous task and for thousands in the Ottawa area an additional question is added to the equation: Do I have enough money to buy food?  More than 720 individuals and families turn to…

Welcome Peter Thurley to the Board of Directors!

A drop hitting water.

Canada Without Poverty is pleased to welcome Peter Thurley to the Board of Directors.  Peter will represent the Ontario seat and brings with him a personal experience of child poverty as well as the passion of an activist dedicated to…

Huffington Post: Inequality exists, now what?

A drop hitting water.

*The following is an excerpt from a blog posted on the Huffington Post this week.  CWP Executive Director Rob Rainer writes about the presence of inequality in Canada and challenges Canadians to move forward asking ‘now what?’ Spiked by public…