THANK YOU Thank you for your recent gift to Canada Without Poverty (CWP). We greatly appreciate your generous investment in our work, and your commitment for a more socially just Canada, in which everyone can share in prosperity. Your contribution…
What does it really mean to live in poverty in Canada? Why is it important that people living in poverty have their voices heard in the development of law and policy on poverty?
The National Anti-Poverty Organization (or NAPO) was founded in the aftermath of the first Poor People’s Conference. 1971 NAPO presented a brief on the connection between food, nutrition and low income to the House of Commons Special Committee on Trends…
By Zoey Feder Along with the Indian Act, which has enormously limited resources and continually confined Aboriginal rights, the residential school system has left in its bloody wake a legacy of intergenerational trauma and systemic poverty.
Adequate housing, as defined under international law, is “the right of every woman, man, youth and child to gain and sustain a safe and secure home and community in which to live in peace and dignity.” This right is so…
As you know, Canada Without Poverty and Citizens for Public Justice are taking Dignity for All: A National Anti-Poverty Plan for Canada to communities across Canada. Starting this Sunday was phase 2 of the tour, throughout Southern Ontario!
With the Budget Implementations Act recently passed last week, CWP is concerned about Canada’s lack of action for those living in poverty. Not only did this budget do little for the middle class, it did even less – in fact…
Canada Without Poverty is committed to upholding and respecting the fundamental human rights of marginalized groups, especially those living in poverty. To that end, we work at the international level in cooperation with the United Nations as well as the…
Poverty is sexist. That’s what the ONE campaign has been saying in a clever campaign highlighting the need for women’s economic equality around the world. But in borrowing from the ONE campaign, we may add two more words to the…
CWP and UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Did you know that CWP’s Executive Director is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing? What is a UN Special Rapporteur? The Human Rights Council at the United Nations is the…
CWP, the UN and Human Rights The United Nations (UN) has a fundamental role in the enforcement of human rights around the world. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights within the UN is the highest authority on…
Widespread support for a National Anti-Poverty Plan Dignity for All campaign presents over 4,000 postcards to the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: Wednesday, May 6 – At a meeting on Parliament Hill today, The Dignity for All…