Widespread support for a National Anti-Poverty Plan Dignity for All campaign presents over 4,000 postcards to the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: Wednesday, May 6 – At a meeting on Parliament Hill today, The Dignity for All…
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…
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Did you know that 20% of Canada’s homeless population are youth and that nearly 300,000 young people in Canada are forced to turn to food banks each month? And did you know that the poverty rate for young people in…
Since Human Rights Day 2013, we’ve had many reasons to feel discouraged about Canada’s human rights track record, particularly in relation to people living in poverty. However, among all the frustration, we should recognize the steps, stories and actions that…
At Canada Without Poverty, our goal is to eliminate poverty in Canada. With widespread systemic change, including a federal anti-poverty plan grounded in human rights principles, we believe that poverty truly can be eliminated in Canada. And poverty must be…
The city of Windsor has become the site of a heated debate over the issue of the rights of panhandlers. The question that keeps coming up in this discussion is: do people living in poverty have the right to ask…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Canada Turns its Back on Human Rights at UN OTTAWA: Canada is set to take to the world’s stage on Thursday and reject key human rights recommendations to address poverty, homelessness and hunger,…
For immediate release: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 30, 2013) – Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council have formally challenged Canada’s human rights record with 83 countries making recommendations for enhanced rights protections. Part of the Universal…
In the past two weeks, Canada has seen two significant events take place. The first was the tabling of the 2013 federal budget, and the second was a pre-session on Canada in Geneva, which precedes the upcoming review of the…
Executive Director Leilani Farha has co-authored an Op-Ed posted in the Toronto Star today with other leading national organizations stating our support for Idle No More: While polls have shown that many Canadians might prefer flash mobs to bridge blockades…
Every New Year there is an undercurrent of excitement of untapped opportunities. A sense of possibility and hopefulness that change will happen. This New Year is no different as a number of upcoming meetings, debates and movements are getting greater…