Exclusive Ottawa screening of PUSH
MEDIA ADVISORY Exclusive Ottawa screening of PUSH: a documentary about the global housing crisis
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Poverty News Roundup – Rights Review, AFB
Last week, two big documents came out and our roundup blog looks at the implications for economic and social policy and people living in poverty.
Knowing your rights, naming injustice
Canada Without Poverty and partners have developed an ongoing program series focusing on youth homelessness and the right to housing. This month, we’re featuring a series of guest blogs from our partners and youth participants to share their perspectives on…
What are the rights of youth facing homelessness?
Canada Without Poverty and Away Home Ottawa have developed an ongoing program series focusing on youth homelessness and the right to housing. This month, we’re featuring a series of guest blogs from our partners and youth participants to share their…
Dignity For All launches Living in the Gap campaign
The Dignity For All campaign, co-led by Canada Without Poverty and Citizens for Public Justice, has launched the Living in the Gap: A Snapshot of Precarity in Canada campaign to mark the third anniversary of the release of the DFA model anti-poverty plan.
Coalition of Poverty and Housing Advocates Call for a Rights-Based Approach to Addressing Poverty
Le texte français suit. Coalition of Poverty and Housing Advocates Call for a Rights-Based Approach to Addressing Poverty
Bill proposes adding social condition to Ontario Human Rights Code
Bill proposes adding social condition to Ontario Human Rights Code October 4, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canada Without Poverty (CWP) has learned that Nathalie Des Rosiers, MPP for Ottawa-Vanier, has introduced a bill adding social condition as a ground of…
Census data reveals far more than how much the average Canadian makes
Last week, Statistics Canada released the 2016 Census data on income which showed a mixed bag for the country’s overall economic health.
The consequences of poverty and disaster
This past weekend, news coverage in North America was dominated by the devastation unleased by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Images on television and social media showed alarmingly high waters, stranded people, and the total destruction of homes.
Canada Without Poverty Submission to Pre-Budget Consultations for Budget 2018
Canada Without Poverty has submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on Finance’s Pre-Budget Consultations in advance of the 2018 budget, calling for the government to take immediate steps to support the economic contributions of people in Canada and meet…
Who is Kept Safe by the Ontario Safe Streets Act?
From regulation on unfair rent hikes to investments in affordable housing, the government of Ontario has announced a number of positive measures to address the province’s homelessness crisis. While these efforts are steps in the right direction, there is still…
Canada 150 & Youth: What is it we’re celebrating?
This blog is the first installment in our series for Canada 150 through a poverty and human rights lens. There is no escaping the fact that Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation is less than a month away, especially here in…