This week, Canada is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a critical part of our Constitution that has become a symbol of national pride and a cornerstone of Canadian identity.
Canada Without Poverty Launches Charter Challenge to Restrictions on Freedom of Charities to Promote Changes to Laws and Policies
For immediate release OTTAWA (7 March 2016) – The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) released their concluding observations on Canada earlier today. They gave Canada its marching orders to use international human rights across the…
For immediate release OTTAWA (22 February 2016) – Earlier today, Canada Without Poverty’s (CWP) President, Harriett McLachlan delivered a grave account to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) on the current state of poverty in…
Dear Ministers Wilson-Raybould, Dion, Joly and Bibeau, We write urgently on behalf of a number of non-governmental organizations who are in Geneva attending the review of Canada’s compliance with the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Homelessness in a country as wealthy as Canada is dire. Each year approximately 230,000 people are homeless and the United Nations has called homelessness in Canada a ‘national emergency’. Today, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) said ‘no’ to hearing…
The right to housing in Canada is under the microscope today as the Ontario Superior Court reviewed a landmark Charter Challenge that considers whether homeless persons have had their rights violated by the Ontario provincial government and federal government. Originally…