Huffington Post: Food is a Right
05-14-12
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 [...]
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A Photographic Exploration of Housing and Health
05-8-12
*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 [...]
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Huffington Post: Canada’s Poor Have Just Become Poorer
04-30-12
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 [...]
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Why is there no Ministry for Poverty Elimination?
04-25-12
*By Tony Macerollo The way governments organize themselves say a lot about how politicians and senior public servants see their responsibility in the service of the people. There are some tried and true and ones you can’t get out of: national defense, foreign affairs, public education, more or less healthcare and safety, justice and crime, [...]
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Ending Poverty Requires Many Hands
04-11-12
*By CWP Intern Laura-Lee MacDonald Every morning when I hop off the bus or walk my bike up the sidewalk to the lock-up, I pass panhandlers and homeless men and women. If I have change I offer it, and say ‘Good morning’, with guilt behind my smile. I am working for an anti-poverty organization, working [...]
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Engage Ottawa: Take Note hits Carleton Campus
04-5-12
*By CWP Intern Emily Shoff Poverty: a black hole, an empty fridge, a lack of opportunity, inequality. On Tuesday, March 27th Carleton students mapped out poverty with post-its at the Take Note event. An outline of Canada rapidly filled into a colourful mosaic of post-its all responding to this central issue. One by one, students [...]
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