As CWP’s 2016 summer student I have been watching the Super InTent City case unfold very carefully. In the beginning I was hopeful – maybe this would be the stand Canada needs to push for a strong, rights-based, national housing…
It’s that time of year again! The Dignity for All campaign is getting ready for our fourth annual ChewOnThis! event across the country, and we’re looking for volunteer organizers to help bring the message that #WeNeedAPlan to end poverty in…
As groups and individuals across the country participate in #LetsTalkHousing consultations, CWP believes it is critical that a housing strategy use a human rights approach. This week in an interview with the Canadian Press, Leilani Farha, CWP’s ED and UN…
For immediate release OTTAWA (28 June 2016) – As federal, provincial and territorial housing ministers gather in Victoria, BC for the Ministers’ Forum On Housing, they will be doing so in the shadow of a housing and homelessness crisis.
CWP’s Michele Biss and Pivot Legal Society’s DJ Larkin share their thoughts on the Super Intent community and the BC Government’s duty to fulfill its human rights obligations to ensure that all people in the province are free of homelessness. You…
All young people have the right to be free of homelessness. Along with our amazing partners, CWP is excited to announce the release of Youth Rights! Right Now! Ending Youth Homelessness: A Human Rights Guide.
UPDATE: On May 25, 2016, CWP’s Executive Director, Leilani Farha, wrote to the Kingston Library Board expressing our concerns with the Kingston Library Code of Conduct.
Did you know that today, May 19th, marks the 40th anniversary of Canada ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
The much anticipated arrival of the return of the long-form census has been greeted with such excitement and enthusiasm across Canada that the StatsCan website crashed because of the sheer number of responses.
Let me start by saying thank you, without you Canada Without Poverty would not be here. You are what enables us to continue to create important and influential work like Dignity for All – the national anti-poverty plan, our submissions…
Tuesday, April 19th marked a particularly special meeting of the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus (APC) that saw the highest turnout of participants and observers in its nearly 4-year history.
In the budget announced a couple of weeks ago, there seemed to be no question that the proposed Canada Child Benefit (CCB) was the ‘star’ of the federal budget – the key measure the Liberals have introduced to help families…