*Written by Surita Parashar – facilitator for “The Way I See It” Housing instability is a growing problem in British Columbia, particularly in the city of Vancouver. Approximately 133,000 renter households in BC report having difficulty meeting their core housing…
Campaign 2000 and Canada Without Poverty honor the work of the National Council of Welfare and further comment on its unnecessary closure on the Huffington Post Canada website. Here is an excerpt of the blog: “The shock of the 2012…
*By Tony Macerollo The way governments organize themselves say a lot about how politicians and senior public servants see their responsibility in the service of the people. There are some tried and true and ones you can’t get out of:…
*By CWP Intern Laura-Lee MacDonald Every morning when I hop off the bus or walk my bike up the sidewalk to the lock-up, I pass panhandlers and homeless men and women. If I have change I offer it, and say…
*By CWP Intern Emily Shoff Poverty: a black hole, an empty fridge, a lack of opportunity, inequality. On Tuesday, March 27th Carleton students mapped out poverty with post-its at the Take Note event. An outline of Canada rapidly filled into…
Decision to cut poverty advisory group is wrong, say anti-poverty leaders Ottawa and Toronto – The National Council of Welfare does not duplicate any other organization in the nonprofit sector, and the federal government’s termination of funding for this poverty…
CWP responds to the federal budget released yesterday with a new blog on the Huffington Post Canada website. The increase in the age of eligibility for Old Age Security (from 65 to 67), cuts in funding to federal agencies, and…
*By CWP Intern Emily Shoff Poverty is a complex issue. There is not one particular ‘type’ of person or population who experiences the struggles of low-income. During my internship at Canada Without Poverty, a central point I have come to…
Canada Without Poverty, formerly named the National Anti-Poverty Organization, was founded in 1971 and is a federally incorporated, non-partisan, not-for-profit and charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada. All directors on our 16-seat Board of Directors have the lived…
As Canadians prepare for the release of the federal budget this month they should immerse themselves in the 2012 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) that was launched today. Offering details of a Canada that “could be”, the Canadian Centre for Policy…
** By Carleton University Intern Emily Shoff Happy International Women’s Day! It is a day that represents pride, independence, strength, history and growth. It is a day in which women and men reflect on how far women have come and…
Imagine yourself moving to another country. Packing up and travelling a far distance to an unfamiliar country in hopes of a better life while accustoming to a new culture, language and neighbourhood. It is a life altering experience. For those…