Browse the latest breaking news regarding poverty issues in BC and Canada by region and by issue. May 23, 2013
A new book, Tomorrow We’re All Going to the Harvest: Temporary Foreign Worker Programs and Neoliberal Political Economy, explores how the the temporary foreign worker program has created a Canadian...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, All of Canada
May 14, 2013
As the 2013 BC Elections come up in May, we are putting together a list of election resources that can help you understand some of the issues. The following websites have campaigns, information and...
Keywords: Government Policy, British Columbia
May 6, 2013
We have put together the following resources to give a broader sense of how the anti-poverty community is responding to the 2013 Ontario Budget. At this point, the minority Liberals need NDP support...
Keywords: Government Policy, Ontario
May 1, 2013
On this International Workers' Day, we have put together some recent stories on the struggles and victories for workers' rights in Canada:
Mental health: The next frontier for workers' rights |...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, All of Canada
April 19, 2013
BC CCPA's latest fact sheet, Affordable Housing Options for Seniors Living in BC, highlights some types of affordable housing options for seniors including supportive housing, assisted living,...
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April 17, 2013
The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), as well as people with lived experience of homelessness, advocacy organizations and community groups from across the country have formed the Right to...
Keywords: Housing, All of Canada
April 12, 2013
First Call, a coalition of organizations and individuals who have come together to work for stronger policies and a better allocation of resources for the benefit of children and youth, have prepared...
Keywords: Children and Youth, British Columbia
April 10, 2013
Women, racialized persons, immigrants, temporary migrant workers, persons with disabilities, youth, Aboriginal persons and non-status workers are more likely to hold low wage, temporary jobs with no...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, Ontario
March 26, 2013
The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness has started a Homelessness is Unacceptable Campaign with a poster series and video that shows images of homeless living environments with the tag...
Keywords: Homelessness, British Columbia
March 19, 2013
In January, inspired by the Idle No More movement, six Cree youth and one guide, left their community of Great Whale on the Hudson Bay to begin The Quest of Wisjinichu-Nishiyuu (Quest For Unity), a...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Ontario
March 7, 2013
This slideshow presentation gives an overview of what PovNetU is and how it works.
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February 20, 2013
From rabble.ca
The latest detail to emerge about the recent changes to EI is from the Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles. The Digest is a guide to enforcing Employment Insurance, with...
Keywords: Unemployment, All of Canada
February 12, 2013
With the sudden passing of Clyde Hertzman, we mourn the loss of a strong advocate around poverty and children.
Keywords: British Columbia
January 23, 2013
We have just received Madam Justice Bruce's reasons in Rutherfoord v. Neighbourhood Housing Society. This judicial review successfully challenged a Residential Tenancy Branch decision that failed to...
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January 15, 2013
Late last year Pivot brought a lawsuit against the city on behalf of a homeless man named Clarence Taylor, who was ticketed for sleeping outside. Through Clarence’s case, they are challenging a set...
Keywords: Homelessness, British Columbia
January 9, 2013
British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $15,000 to an elderly woman who said she was discriminated against when her apartment building’s landlord refused to construct a ramp....
Keywords: Disability, Human Rights, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia
January 2, 2013
Over the past few weeks, there have been more actions, gatherings, and round dances in support of the Idle No More movement. The best way to keep up with what is happening is through the Idle No More...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, All of Canada
December 24, 2012
The Idle No More movement continues to grow as a mobilization of grassroots indigenous people fighting against the ongoing erosion of indigenous rights across Canada and the world.
You can follow...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, All of Canada
December 6, 2012
B.C.'s Hardest Working is a project of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition that tells the stories of 100 people from around BC who are part of the working poor and those working hard to survive on...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, British Columbia
December 4, 2012
The Globe and Mail and CBC's As it Happens have reactions and analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision that held that severe learning disabled students are entitled to the same...
Keywords: Disability, Education, British Columbia
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