About 350 members of the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain are demonstrating in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) temporary residence calling for a National Housing Strategy that is based on human rights and focused on social housing. This rally is part of a month of international housing rights actions that are organized … Read more
Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain coordinator François Saillant marked the end of Canada’s appearance before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, saying the Trudeau government has much homework to do in order for Canada to better comply with its international obligations regarding economic, social and cultural rights, starting with its budget. The … Read more
Front d’Action Populaire en Réaménagement Urbain coordinator François Saillant was pleased with the embarrasing questions the Canadian delegation were asked at their appearance before the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations, meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Saillant noted that members of the UN Committee deeply regretted that the vast majority of recommendations made in … Read more
The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain, Amnesty International and la Ligue des droits et libertés are part of a group of 30 Canadian organizations that have made a written submission to the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural regarding the way Canada and Quebec are fulfilling their responsibilities with regard to these rights. Canada is expected … Read more
The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) said that comments made by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) have added to the confusion about his party’s housing policy. The full release in French is available online. Call 514-522-1010.
Front d’action populair en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) confronted Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) during a visit to Montreal, asking him to confirm his party’s commitment to social housing. Trudeau said a Liberal government would commit the $1.7 billion budget for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, but was vague on how much of his projected economic plan … Read more
It’s by moving bed, stove, fridge, sofa and other furniture in front of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) office in Ottawa that a few hundred members of the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) have shown him his responsibilities regarding the right to housing. The event is organized in the context of National Housing Day. A similar action … Read more
During Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) demonstration that ended in front of the prime minister's offices at the Langevin Building in Ottawa, a number of red tents were pitched, illustrating the urgency of housing problems and homelessness. The event, which drew hundreds of demonstrators from across Quebec, began in front of a housing co-op in Gatineau that will soon lose its … Read more
Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) urged the government not to aggravate the situation of public housing further, putting an end to long-term subsidies granted to some 594,000 social housing in Canada, including 127,000 in Quebec, as it has already begun to doing over the past few years. FRAPRU urged the government to commit … Read more
Front d'action populaire en reamenagement urbain will demand clear answers from the federal and provincial ministers on claims made to Quebec. Such promises include the funding by both governments of 50,000 new social housing in five years in Quebec and the federal government's commitment to adequately protect the existing social housing stock and low-income tenants … Read more
