Month March 2012

Federal budget “misses the mark”

CWP responds to the federal budget released yesterday with a new blog on the Huffington Post Canada website.  The increase in the age of eligibility for Old Age Security (from 65 to 67), cuts in funding to federal agencies, and…

Engage Ottawa: The Face of Poverty

*By CWP Intern Emily Shoff Poverty is a complex issue.  There is not one particular ‘type’ of person or population who experiences the struggles of low-income.  During my internship at Canada Without Poverty, a central point I have come to…

Join CWP’s Board of Directors!

Canada Without Poverty, formerly named the National Anti-Poverty Organization, was founded in 1971 and is a federally incorporated, non-partisan, not-for-profit and charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada.  All directors on our 16-seat Board of Directors have the lived…

The Canada that “could be”

As Canadians prepare for the release of the federal  budget this month they should immerse themselves in the 2012 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) that was launched today.  Offering details of a Canada that “could be”, the Canadian Centre for Policy…

A Supportive Environment For Women

** By Carleton University Intern Emily Shoff Happy International Women’s Day!  It is a day that represents pride, independence, strength, history and growth.  It is a day in which women and men reflect on how far women have come and…