New Legislation on Poverty and Housing Takes Big Steps but Misses the Mark on Human Rights April 9, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA – Yesterday afternoon, the Government of Canada tabled the Budget Implementation Act (Bill C-97), which features legislation…
Federal Budget commits to National Pharmacare Plan but shifts away from housing for the most marginalized
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…
If yesterday’s budget did little for the middle class, it did even less – in fact it did nothing – for the over 4.8 million people struggling to make ends meet. The fact that poverty costs Canada an estimated $24…
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is calling for a shift in spending priorities ahead of the federal government’s election-year budget. In their 20th annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), the CCPA suggests progressive ways the government could divvy up…