*By Carleton University intern Laura-Lee MacDonald Connections are critical to human relationships. When a person needs help, where can they go to get it? Family and friends may not always be available for many people living in poverty, especially when also…
Yesterday NDP MP Marie-Claude Morin re-introduced the former Bill C-304, An Act to secure adequate accessible and affordable housing for Canadians. Newly enumerated as Bill C-400, this piece of legislation brings back the call for a national housing strategy that…
Meal planning and preparation can be an arduous task and for thousands in the Ottawa area an additional question is added to the equation: Do I have enough money to buy food? More than 720 individuals and families turn to…
Canada Without Poverty is pleased to welcome Peter Thurley to the Board of Directors. Peter will represent the Ontario seat and brings with him a personal experience of child poverty as well as the passion of an activist dedicated to…
Alberta’s provincial government is facing a choice: spend billions to maintain poverty, or address the issue head on and save billions. The answer is not only simple, but it is supported by similar reports on the costs of poverty that…
*The following is an excerpt from a blog posted on the Huffington Post this week. CWP Executive Director Rob Rainer writes about the presence of inequality in Canada and challenges Canadians to move forward asking ‘now what?’ Spiked by public…
*Intern Emily Shoff “Engage’s Ottawa” on poverty issues The journey has begun. Phase 1: start to rid the stereotypes associated with poverty and understand why they exist. The Salvation Army (SA), an organization dedicated to assisting vulnerable individuals and families,…
*Carleton Intern Emily Shoff has started a new project called “Engage Ottawa“ where she will connect with community anti-poverty advocates and raise awareness of the plight of low-income Canadians around Ottawa. You can follow her journey from January to April…
Today marks the second day of tough talks between the federal government the provincial/territorial premiers over the renewal of the Canada health and social transfers (CHT & CST). The debate has mainly centered around the amount of money each province…
Canada Without Poverty is happy to announce that we now have a regular blog on the Huffington Post Canada website. Executive Director Rob Rainer, and Director of Education & Outreach, Megan Yarema, will offer insight on, and responses to, poverty…
The beginning of a new year can offer a sense of promise – a hopefulness for change and opportunity – and yet what many people with low-income face remains the same: poor housing, increased costs of living, and dismal welfare…
Saturday, December 10, marks international Human Rights Day for 2011. This occasion “commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights….Although the Declaration with its broad range of political, civil, social, cultural…