The countries responsible for reviewing Canada’s human rights record for the third Universal Period Review issued a list of recommendations focusing on addressing the inequalities and socioeconomic disparities facing Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, and other marginalized communities. “We are awaiting the launch of Canada’s first poverty reduction strategy, and it is essential that … Read more
Canada Without Poverty welcomes the introduction of gender-based analysis for the 2018 budget and federal leadership on the implementation of pay equity legislation for the federally regulated sector. “The enhancement of the former Working Income Tax Benefit, now the Canada Workers Benefit, will certainly improve the day-to-day lives of many workers who struggle to make … Read more
A new report from Canada Without Poverty shows a lack of significant progress by provincial and territorial governments on the realization of economic and social human rights, including the right to an adequate standard of living. Poverty Progress Profiles provide a human rights analysis of the poverty strategies – or lack thereof – in the territories … Read more
Canada Without Poverty welcomes the launch of the government’s National Housing Strategy and applauds the steps the government has taken to recognize that housing is a human right in the strategy—the first such acknowledgement of the right to housing in a policy context in Canada. “This is an incredible moment for Canada and our leadership on human rights. … Read more
Statistics Canada released the 2016 Census data on income, revealing that while the income gap between the country’s richest and poorest is narrowing slightly, poverty is still a pressing concern across Canada. Canada Without Poverty sees the data as an indication that, while the low-income rate has decreased in some areas like Newfoundland and Labrador, it … Read more
As the federal government gears up for national poverty reduction strategies, consultations are underway. But noticeably absent from many of these conversations are the voices of people living in poverty. Canada Without Poverty’s This Is Poverty Canada campaign asks people with lived experiences of poverty to share their video testimonies to bring the reality of poverty in … Read more
Canada Without Poverty sees this budget as a start to repairing a broken social safety net which offers a glimpse of the future, unfortunately forces low-income people to wait until 2018 in many cases for the dollars to roll out tp these programs. The upcoming National Housing Strategy and Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy will now be … Read more
Canada Without Poverty (CWP) joins local and national partners in calling on all levels of governments to uphold and respect Canada’s international human rights obligations and protect the right to housing. Recent announcements by the federal government indicate that a national housing strategy is in the pipeline, but no further details have been given. It … Read more
The federal budget has brought forward some key measures to address poverty, including investments in income support and access to justice programs. However, Canada Without Poverty is concerned that a number of important poverty issues have been left by the way-side, including measures to address food insecurity, and funding for the proposed national anti-poverty plan. CWP’s President … Read more
Canada Without Poverty welcomed the Jan. 20 announcement by National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.) that the Canada Revenue Agency will be winding down its political audits program. These audits have resulted in the stifling of free speech, and have caused an advocacy chill across the charitable sector, disenfranchising the rights of vulnerable populations … Read more
