Browse the latest breaking news regarding poverty issues in BC and Canada by region and by issue. May 16, 2012
For the last couple of days, the Tyee has been posting a series that explores three of the most widely advocated proposals to end poverty: the living wage, a guaranteed annual income, and government...
Keywords: Poverty Research, British Columbia
May 4, 2012
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) has just issued its first decision on a complaint against Canada under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Human Rights, Violence, Women, Northwest Territories, All of Canada
May 1, 2012
Keywords: Government Policy, Poverty Research, British Columbia
May 1, 2012
The Human Resources Ministery has changed the rules so employers will now be allowed to pay foreign temp workers 15 per cent less than the average wage.
See the Canadian Council for Refugees and...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, All of Canada
May 1, 2012
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are overrepresented in the homeless youth population. It has been estimated that approximately 25-40% of homeless...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Homelessness, LGBTQ, All of Canada
April 27, 2012
For families with young children, the costs of basic necessities like food, rent and child care quickly add up. Even with full-time work year round, both parents in a family of four must earn at...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, British Columbia
April 27, 2012
In this article in the Tyee, advocates question the food bank model. Food should be a fundamental right and a question of social justice but it has become a question of charity.
Keywords: Foodbanks and Food, British Columbia
April 24, 2012
Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance has been revised and reprinted and is now available to order. This popular booklet is for people in British Columbia who need welfare. It...
Keywords: Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Welfare, British Columbia
April 17, 2012
A new Centre for Policy Alternatives report, Working After Age 65: What is at Stake?, looks at some of the realities of working past age 65, and examines the potential impact of increasing the OAS...
Keywords: Seniors and Elders, All of Canada
April 17, 2012
As Alberta gears up for a provincial election, parties are promising various ways to reduce poverty. The Edmonton Social Planning Council plans to occasionally analyze social policy commitments of...
Keywords: Alberta, Government Policy, Poverty Research
April 17, 2012
Four levels of human rights protections may be used to promote and enforce housing rights in Canada - provincial human rights codes, the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Canadian Charter of Rights and...
Keywords: Housing, Human Rights, Ontario, All of Canada
April 11, 2012
The Nova Scotia CAP Association has launched a website, www.savecap.ca to save the Community Access Program (CAP) that ensures all Canadians have equal access to the Internet and technology and have...
Keywords: Technology, All of Canada
April 11, 2012
A new national movement to end homelessness was launched last week to end homelessness in ten years. The mission of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness is to create a national movement to...
Keywords: Homelessness, All of Canada
April 10, 2012
Industry Canada's Community Access Program currently provides funding to hundreds of CAP sites in the Lower Mainland and across BC that provide free access to a computer and the Internet to low-...
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April 2, 2012
As part of the Federal Budget, the Tories have eliminated the National Council of Welfare.
This shocking news will impact on many, not the least will be those who relied on NCW reports in ant-...
Keywords: Government Policy, Poverty Research, Welfare, All of Canada
March 30, 2012
Below are some links to commentary and analysis of the 2012 Federal Budget. Most notably in yesterday's budget is the increase in age for Old Age Security from 65 to 67 which will disproportionally...
Keywords: Government Policy, All of Canada
March 27, 2012
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) will appear today before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Violence, Women, British Columbia, International
March 27, 2012
A report released yesterday calls on the provincial government to restore funding and begin a strategic reform of the criminal justice system. The report, “Justice Denied - The Causes of B.C.’s...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
March 26, 2012
Women sleep on the streets of our major cities, a virtual guarantee of experiencing sexual assault. Women trade survival sex with men for a place to crash for the night. Teenage girls, fleeing sexual...
Keywords: Homelessness, Women, All of Canada
March 23, 2012
A rent bank is set to open in Vancouver that aims to help prevent homelessness by providing small loans to people to help them get or keep their housing. Similar programs are already in place in...
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