Executive Director Leilani Farha has co-authored an Op-Ed posted in the Toronto Star today with other leading national organizations stating our support for Idle No More: While polls have shown that many Canadians might prefer flash mobs to bridge blockades…
In a shift from predecessor Dalton McGuinty, newly elected Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has come out of the gate prioritizing social programs. A welcome change from the austerity budget conversation, Premier Wynne wants action on transit, welfare and would like…
Thousands of people visibly and invisibly homeless, millions more housing insecure and housing affordability is dropping; Canada is in the midst of a housing crisis. Various programs and policies are in place across the country, but what is missing is…
Last June the Omnibus budget Bill, C-38, was passed which pushed through legislated changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) system that were deemed detrimental to unemployed individuals across the country, but especially in the Atlantic provinces. This past Sunday the…
Every New Year there is an undercurrent of excitement of untapped opportunities. A sense of possibility and hopefulness that change will happen. This New Year is no different as a number of upcoming meetings, debates and movements are getting greater…
*This is message from Leilani Farha, Executive Director, Canada Without Poverty It’s human rights day. And the silence is audible. Funny how, on the one day a year when we are meant to talk about universal human rights, like rights…
Throughout the past year there has been a significant amount of attention on food insecurity in Canada, from the conversation on food banks to the visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. More people became…
This week a number news outlets and organizations posted articles on inequality. Here are a few excerpts from pieces that are worth a read: Following a report by the Fraser Institute on income mobility that watered down the reality of…
Twenty-three years ago the federal government made a commitment to end child poverty by the year 2000. Now, decades later, the government is reminded of its failure to follow through on this unanimous motion through annual child poverty reports released…
*Blog by Canada Without Poverty Board President, Harriett McLachlan That’s an interesting question that’s been turning in my mind lately. I think it’s easier for me to identify when I am living in poverty, the markers are clear and palatable.…
A recent poll conducted by the BC Healthy Living Alliance highlighted the fact that 78% of British Columbians feel that it is “important or very important” for the government to address poverty in the province. In fact, one of the…
October was a month that focused on poverty issues, from the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on the 17th, to reports by Citizens for Public Justice and Food Banks Canada that highlighted the need to address poverty in…