October 20, 2011
From Pivot:
"“Whose problem is it?” It seems that is the eternal question in the debate about Canada’s housing crisis. The federal government maintains that housing is the purview of the provinces....
Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia
October 17, 2011
Since 1993, today has been recognized by the United Nations, and its members around the world, as International day for the eradication of poverty 2011. Today, October 17, 2011, the United Nations...
Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Unemployment, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, International
October 7, 2011
Each played an important role in recent political conflicts of very different natures, but all three winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 have campaigned for greater equality for women, and...
Government Policy, Human Rights, Women, International
September 30, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the federal government's appeal of an exemption which has allowed Insite, a supervised injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, to operate. PHS...
Government Policy, Health, Legal Research, British Columbia, All of Canada
September 28, 2011
Earlier this year the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a report entitled, "The Cost of Poverty in BC." With the publication this morning of the National Council of Welfare's report...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, All of Canada
September 7, 2011
The deadline to submit a response to Ontario's Social Assistance Review Commission's first discussion paper has just passed and submissions by the Income Security Advisory Committee (ISAC) and the...
Government Policy, Welfare, Ontario
August 31, 2011
The CCPA blog Policy Note posed the question, "HST referendum: was the vote split along income lines?" in a recent post.
Be sure to check out the comments, and the Vancouver Sun article quoted by...
Family, Government Policy, British Columbia
August 24, 2011
A series of podcasts by people involved in the history of the self-government movement in Yukon, "Voices of Visions" offers 10 20 minute podcasts.
The podcasts are available in mp3 format, allowing...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Government Policy, Inuit, Yukon
August 22, 2011
Activists in Ontario have launched the website "Remember the Day," as they begin a campaign to highlight the crucial issue of rising poverty in Ontario as the provincial election draws near. Pathway...
Family, Government Policy, Organizing, Ontario
August 15, 2011
According to Warren Buffett, he and his mega-rich friends are not paying enough taxes. He's asking the US Congress to increase taxes for the wealthy to pay for gaps in the budget.
His recent comments...
Government Policy, Organizing, All of Canada, International
August 5, 2011
Visit CBC.Ca's Here and Now Toronto to hear CLEONet executive director Julie Mathews speaking to Laura Di Battista about barriers to accessing Legal Aid in Ontario.
Click here for the press release...
Government Policy, Legal Aid, Ontario
August 3, 2011
Prince Edward Island Community Services, Seniors and Labour minister Janice Sherry is asking islanders for feedback on the recently released paper on poverty reduction entitled, "Preventing and...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, Prince Edward Island
June 29, 2011
A new report by the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives shows that in 2010 the richest 20% of households paid a lower total tax rate than the rest of us.
“Most people probably assume that the...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, British Columbia
June 7, 2011
In this video, an Income Assistance client in Victoria BC finds her rent increased. A hidden video camera records her struggling with a government worker over the resulting impact on her benefits.
Government Policy, Housing, Welfare, British Columbia
April 18, 2011
How do the political parties currently vying for our votes specifically plan to address poverty in Canada? Citizens for Public Justice, along with the Dignity for All campaign, have put together a...
Government Policy, Organizing, All of Canada
March 16, 2011
The CCPA has released the Alternative Federal Budget for 2011. This year's budget presents a comprehensive recovery plan designed to:
get Canadians working in good jobs again;
reduce record-high...
Government Policy, All of Canada
January 4, 2011
The Yukon government has released two reports: The Whitehorse Housing Adequacy Study and The Dimensions of Social Inclusion and Social Exclusion in Yukon 2010 report, as part of the creation of the...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, Yukon
November 30, 2010
Yesterday, the Ontario government released its long delayed affordable housing strategy. The strategy does lay out some regulation changes including simplifying the rent-geared-to-income calculation...
Government Policy, Housing, Ontario
November 23, 2010
Metcalf Innovation Fellow John Stapleton has released a new report that explores the weaknesses in the design of North American social welfare institutions through the stories of two individuals. It...
Government Policy, Welfare, Ontario, All of Canada, United States
November 18, 2010
Dignity for All: the Campaign for a Poverty-Free Canada — a coalition of over 430 organizations from across the country – applauds the report from the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development...
Government Policy, All of Canada
November 18, 2010
Nova Scotia's Auditor General has found problems with government services for persons with disabilities, provincial rental housing programs and government registries.
Disability, Government Policy, Housing, Nova Scotia
September 14, 2010
Despite many recent announcements from the provincial government (over 100 housing-related news releases in the last year), BC continues to face a serious lack of affordable housing. CCPA and SPARC...
Government Policy, Housing, British Columbia
July 15, 2010
In this article based on his address to the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences on May 29th, 2010, the former leader of the NDP summarizes the journey of...
Government Policy, Human Rights, Poverty Research, Welfare, All of Canada
June 29, 2010
Lawyers from BCPIAC are challenging the BC Ministry of Housing and Social Development (MHSD) on their small claims cases against welfare recipients. BCPIAC says that the claims that they have looked...
Government Policy, Welfare, British Columbia
March 31, 2010
The BC Liberals are cutting dental support, medical diagnostic equipment, and birth control for the disabled and those on welfare. The $75 monthly Shelter Allowance for people who don’t pay rent will...
Disability, Government Policy, Health, Homelessness, Welfare, British Columbia
March 29, 2010
As of June 1, 2010, people with outstanding indictable warrants and arrest warrants under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, are not eligible to receive welfare. A similar regulation was...
Government Policy, Welfare, British Columbia
March 1, 2010
The Centre for Policy Alternatives has released their annual alternative federal budget for 2010. The CCPA budget, titled "Getting the Job Done Right," focuses on unemployment and job creation.
Government Policy, All of Canada
February 1, 2010
The City of Ottawa released its poverty reduction strategy, Poverty Affects Us All: A Community Approach to Poverty Reduction. The report includes a recommendation to advocate for increased...
Government Policy, Ontario
December 9, 2009
The Senate Subcommittee on Cities released an important new report on combating poverty in Canada. The timing comes just two weeks after the House of Commons passed a motion for the federal...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, All of Canada
December 3, 2009
Some news from the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC):
First, the 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction, of which ISAC is a partner, has released its accountability report on the first year of the...
Government Policy, Welfare, Ontario
December 2, 2009
Advocates are referring to the recently passed Assistance to Shelter Act as the "Olympic Kidnapping Act." The bill gives police the power to take homeless people to shelters during severe weather,...
Government Policy, Homelessness, British Columbia
November 16, 2009
Over the past year governments, business and non profit sectors, people living in poverty and individual citizens have worked together to create a plan to reduce poverty in New Brunswick....
Government Policy, New Brunswick
November 4, 2009
Below is the Hansard transcript from the November 3rd, 2009 Legislative Assembly about the Legal Aid cuts.
LEGAL AID SERVICES
L. Krog: Today we've learned that Legal Services' budget is going to be...
Government Policy, Legal Aid, British Columbia
November 3, 2009
The Legal Services Society has announced that they will be closing five legal aid offices in towns across BC and laying off 58 staff members. This is the second time this year LSS has announced...
Government Policy, Legal Aid, Legal aid cuts, British Columbia
October 20, 2009
The Tyee has put together a stunning photo essay on homelessness in Vancouver and struggle for affordable housing over the past two years. They also put together a panel of experts to assess...
Art and Culture, Government Policy, Homelessness, photo essay, British Columbia
October 1, 2009
Overall, analysts say that Bill C-50 will temporarily give additional employment insurance benefits to unemployed long-tenured workers. Most agree that this is not the EI reform that workers and the...
employment insurance, Government Policy, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, All of Canada
September 10, 2009
The BC Liberal government claims to protect vital services including education, health care and social services in the recent September Budget Update, but critics claim that many social services are...
Government Policy, British Columbia
July 31, 2009
Two shelters out of the five that were opened last winter were closed by the province due to complaints by local residents. The two shelters were located under the Granville Street Bridge, the other...
Government Policy, Homelessness
July 4, 2009
The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) is putting together The Social Development Report Series to understand how geography, history and politics have created different approaches to...
Government Policy, poverty reduction, Poverty Research, All of Canada
