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…
This morning Canada Without Poverty’s Executive Director Rob Rainer had the opportunity to co-host a special edition of CBC’s The Current that looked at poverty across the country. In a follow-up program from last Fridays show titled “We are the…
In the past week two key stories stand out and demand attention. First, there has been significant attention paid to a housing crisis in Attawapiskat – a Cree First Nations community in northern Ontario. Mouldy, dilapidated housing with no electricity…
*By CWP intern Emily Shoff Food is a human right, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Keep this statement in mind when thinking of Northern communities where the land is non-agricultural, where wild animals are a rare commodity…
On Friday December 2nd the CBC is hosting its 25th annual Food Banks Day. In response to this event, various BC anti-poverty organizations are writing to the CBC to ask them to change their food banks message and programming from…
Since mid-September the Occupy movement has grown substantially around the world from a group of people in New York to a global force in over 900 cities worldwide. It is a collection of varying slogans and perspectives that has garnered…
*By CWP intern Jen Russell. An article by the Public Service Alliance of Canada raised an interesting question: ‘Why do we pay taxes?’ The article notes that “we pay taxes to support the public infrastructure, programs and services that support…
On Sunday the famed children’s TV show Sesame Street introduced audiences to it’s newest neighbourhood cast member, Lily. What makes Lily special is that she is a child struggling with hunger because she lives in poverty. She, like many other…
In August, Canada Without Poverty submitted a request to speak to the House of Commons Finance Committee on the importance and necessity of addressing poverty in the next budget. Poverty is not only an issue of ethics, but one of…
This week noted Canadian academic and anti-poverty advocate, Dennis Raphael, released the second edition of Poverty in Canada. Featuring a foreword by Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Rob Rainer, and the late Jack Layton, the book examines the connection between…
In the past week there has been some interesting news articles speaking to the problems caused by rising inequality. They have primarily revolved around the London riots in the UK, but raise the point of crime as a result of…
A homeless person is more than a body on the street; it is a human being, an individual with a personal story, a life of experience and struggle, and a person with inherent human rights. To help personalize the homeless,…