Renewed call for a national housing strategy
02-17-12
Yesterday NDP MP Marie-Claude Morin re-introduced the former Bill C-304, An Act to secure adequate accessible and affordable housing for Canadians. Newly enumerated as Bill C-400, this piece of legislation brings back the call for a national housing strategy that not only deals with unaffordability, but requires secure housing for all Canadians with respect to [...]
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Legislative Updates Category Archive
Anti-Poverty Act Re-introduced in Parliament
06-22-11
Following in the footsteps of her NDP predecessors, yesterday MP Jean Crowder (also the critic for human resources and skills development) re-introduced An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada. Originally introduced into the House in June last year by former NDP colleague Tony Martin, this Bill would pave the way for a mandated federal poverty [...]
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Poverty Act Introduced in the BC Legislature
06-3-11
Yesterday, the official opposition in BC presented a private members anti-poverty Bill for the province. NDP MLA Shane Simpson introduced the “BC Poverty Reduction Act”, which proposes the establishment of poverty targets and measures, and most importantly, government accountability. Within one year, the Act will push the province to reduce the depth and breadth of [...]
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New Parliament, Skewed Parliament
05-3-11
The makeup of the 41st Parliament has been decided, featuring a Conservative majority government, the NDP making history as the Official Opposition, and the Green Party also making history with its first elected MP, Leader Elizabeth May. The once-dominant Liberal Party is now a shadow of its former self; the Bloc Québécois has been severely [...]
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Government ignores HUMA Committee call for poverty plan
03-11-11
Last November a stellar report on poverty in Canada was released by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee (HUMA). Titled, “Federal Poverty Reduction Plan: Working in Partnership Towards Reducing Poverty in Canada“, the 300-page report highlighted 57 recommendations that would have helped to [...]
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History in the Making: An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada
06-16-10
On Wednesday, June 16, 2010, the Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Tony Martin (NDP), seconded by the Member of Parliament for Chambly-Borduas, Yves Lessard (Bloc Québécois), rose in the House of Commons to introduce Bill C-545 – “An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada”. This private member’s bill, if passed into law in its [...]
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