Today marks the United Nations designated International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Around the world people are working to raise awareness of the plight of those struggling with low-income. Here are a few events CWP is involved with: Dignity…
How do you prevent youth, living in poor disadvantaged communities, from resorting to desperate acts to help them feel a sense of worth and social inclusion? By investing in community security and policing initiatives or into their lives, futures, and…
The most influential social determinant of health is income. As inequality grows in Canada, so will the costs to health care and society as more people succumb to physical and mental illness. That is the main point in the Toronto…
After much protest, Bill C-38, the omnibus budget bill passed third reading in the Senate last Friday (to see how Senators voted click here). This gargantuan bill that went well beyond consideration for federal financial measures (aka: a budget) and…
Today Canada Without Poverty posted a blog on the Huffington Post Canada website celebrating the launch of the federal all-party anti-poverty caucus. Here is an excerpt: “Partisan politics are to be set aside in the new All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus as…
Canada Without Poverty is pleased to champion the 2nd annual Tax Benefits Day to highlight the beneficial role taxes play in enabling valued public services and supporting valued public institutions. Tax Benefits Day counters the misguided Tax Freedom Day, announced yesterday…
Canada Without Poverty was invited to present to the Finance Committee on Bill C-38, the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act. Today, CWP Executive Director Rob Rainer spoke to concerns of the omnibus bill and the need to focus on…