$10 for a bag of potatoes.  $8 for a bag of apples. $10 for a bag of flour. That’s what residents in Northern Ontario in communities from Timmins to Attawapiskat pay for supermarket staples, according to a recent report from…
Today, our colleagues at Voices-Voix Coalition have made a statement about the new consultation which will review the rules governing charities’ political activities. Read what they have to say below. Wondering what actions CWP is taking on the Income Tax…
All young people have a fundamental, legal right to be free of homelessness and to have access to adequate housing.
Canada Without Poverty Launches Charter Challenge to Restrictions on Freedom of Charities to Promote Changes to Laws and Policies
CWP was pleased to see Prime Minister Trudeau’s comment that poverty is sexist in a recent letter to the ONE campaign.
Let’s Talk Housing! The process has begun and we are only months away from what will become Canada’s National Housing Strategy. Called for by the United Nations, anti-poverty advocates, academics, faith-based groups and many others, the strategy is long overdue…
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…
Canada Without Poverty and its predecessor, the National Anti Poverty Organization has had a long standing history of bringing matters of poverty and human rights into the legal justice system. Access to justice is an essential part of addressing poverty in…