In April 2020, Canada Without Poverty launched the Poverty Pandemic Watch (PPW), a project aimed at developing a national image of (1) Housing Insecurity, (2) Income Insecurity and (3) Food Insecurity, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, we have hosted two national roundtables featuring diverse anti-poverty organizations, advocates, and people with lived experience to gain firsthand knowledge of what is happening in various communities across Canada.
The Poverty Pandemic Watch provides an overview and assessment of the housing, income, and food security policies, programs, and government spending that has been rolled out in response to COVID-19.