Huffington Post: Food is a Right
We talk about the right to free speech and we challenge racial discrimination, but we don’t often speak of economic and social rights or challenge the loss of dignity.  It is high time this conversation took flight in Canada. Last week the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food landed in Ontario and Food Bank [...] More
05-14-12

A Photographic Exploration of Housing and Health
*Written by Surita Parashar -  facilitator for “The Way I See It” Housing instability is a growing problem in British Columbia, particularly in the city of Vancouver. Approximately 133,000 renter households in BC report having difficulty meeting their core housing needs. Of these households, 64,900 allot more than 50% of their income to housing. As [...] More
05-8-12

Huffington Post: Canada’s Poor Have Just Become Poorer
Campaign 2000 and Canada Without Poverty honor the work of the National Council of Welfare and further comment on its unnecessary closure on the Huffington Post Canada website.  Here is an excerpt of the blog: “The shock of the 2012 federal budget is just setting in, but the repercussions will be felt for years to [...] More
04-30-12