Canada must step up to address failed Nutrition North
The announcement this week that Nutrition North has failed to address the needs of rural and remote communities is disheartening – yet doesn’t surprise many within the anti-poverty community.
The announcement this week that Nutrition North has failed to address the needs of rural and remote communities is disheartening – yet doesn’t surprise many within the anti-poverty community.
It’s important that legislation for the new federal Poverty Reduction Strategy passes before the coming federal election so that ending poverty remains a priority in Canada no matter who gets elected.
Federal Budget commits to National Pharmacare Plan but shifts away from housing for the most marginalized
Coalition calls for urgent action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls February 6, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Honourable Minister Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 January 23, 2019 Open Letter: Strengthening Bill C-87, An Act respecting the reduction of poverty
Supreme Court to hear critical case on rights of people living in poverty, freedom from police intrusion August 23, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Underfunded and deprioritized: discrimination in the federal government’s PMMC grant The federal government recently overhauled the Federal Income Support for Parents of Murdered or Missing Children (PMMC) grant, a grant for parents dealing with the traumatic disappearance or death of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA – The countries responsible for reviewing Canada’s human rights record for the third Universal Period Review (UPR) issued a list of recommendations focusing on addressing the inequalities and socioeconomic disparities facing Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities,…
Statement made at the UPR-Info.org Pre-Session for Canada’s 3rd UPR 12 April 2018, to delegates of the United Nations and Canadian Non-governmental Organizations Delivered by Harriett McLachlan, Canada Without Poverty Deputy Director (interim) and immediate past-President of the Board of…
April is a time with a lot of national and international observances and this week we rolled over into both Stress Awareness Month and National Oral Health Month – two areas where we can see the overwhelming and growing inequality…
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “Press for Progress”. Fuelled by global activism for women’s equality, 2018 is the year to press forward and progress gender parity in all environments.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2018 OTTAWA – A new report from Canada Without Poverty (CWP) shows a lack of significant progress by provincial and territorial governments on the realization of economic and social human rights, including the right to…