For many in Canada – especially single mothers – a lack of affordable child care means a continuing cycle of poverty. With skyrocketing costs, especially in metro areas like Toronto and Vancouver, and a lack of available spaces, it makes…
Last week, Statistics Canada released the 2016 Census data on income which showed a mixed bag for the country’s overall economic health.
To mark this past Labour Day, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) launched its “A Plan for Everyone” campaign urging the government to create a national pharmacare plan.
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.
This week we have a video blog from ChewOnThis! organizer Adam Vasey with the Downtown Mission of Windsor on how the campaign can engage people in your community to be part of the growing movement from coast-to-coast-to-coast to take national…
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…
A newly-released report from Oxfam places Canada as 15th of 152 countries reviewed for their commitment to addressing income inequality.
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…
This blog is the second installment in our series for Canada 150 through a poverty and human rights lens.
The consultation process for Canada’s upcoming Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS) is ramping up, with a number of opportunities for people across Canada to participate in the process online. People from coast-to-coast-to-coast have been invited to fill out an online survey…
CWP’s Michèle Biss has been in Northern Canada to meet with different communities and talk about poverty as a human rights violation.
The first of May has a long history for the organized labour movement as International Worker’s Day.