On Sunday the famed children’s TV show Sesame Street introduced audiences to it’s newest neighbourhood cast member, Lily. What makes Lily special is that she is a child struggling with hunger because she lives in poverty. She, like many other…
In August, Canada Without Poverty submitted a request to speak to the House of Commons Finance Committee on the importance and necessity of addressing poverty in the next budget. Poverty is not only an issue of ethics, but one of…
This week noted Canadian academic and anti-poverty advocate, Dennis Raphael, released the second edition of Poverty in Canada. Featuring a foreword by Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Rob Rainer, and the late Jack Layton, the book examines the connection between…
In the past week there has been some interesting news articles speaking to the problems caused by rising inequality. They have primarily revolved around the London riots in the UK, but raise the point of crime as a result of…
A homeless person is more than a body on the street; it is a human being, an individual with a personal story, a life of experience and struggle, and a person with inherent human rights. To help personalize the homeless,…
Welcome! Having been in development for a while now, we are happy to say the new Canada Without Poverty website is officially launched! Set to launch in August, the process was accidentally sped up yesterday when we saw that our…
Funding for social services and assistance has consistently been cut in recent years, and it is not only to the detriment of individuals with low income, but to society as a whole. A new study titled The Cost of Poverty…
Following in the footsteps of her NDP predecessors, yesterday MP Jean Crowder (also the critic for human resources and skills development) re-introduced An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada. Originally introduced into the House in June last year by former…
As expected, the effects of the recession were felt across the country and caused an increase in the number of Canadians struggling with low-income. Yesterday, STATSCAN released its report on incomes for 2009, which indicated that almost 10% of the…
Like you, I too care deeply about the issue of poverty in Canada. Like you, I find it completely unacceptable that anyone should live in our country without basic needs being met, that some do not have fair access to…
It’s June 7 and, in reply to the Fraser Institute’s announcement of yesterday being Tax Freedom Day 2011 in Canada, happy Tax Benefits Day 2011! A day to remind ourselves that, far from being “bad” – as even Prime Minister…
By Canada Without Poverty and CWP Advocacy Network Board Member for the Yukon, Reanna Sutton. Whitehorse is a beautiful northern city, home to about 26,000 people (census 2006). The unemployment rate is among the lowest in Canada at 7.2% (Yukon…