Today, Dignity for All co-leads and local organizers sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, Hon. Minister Hussen, and local MPs across the country for our Chew on This! Check-In. …Continue reading Chew on This! Check-In
When a heart-wrenching photo made it better for children
Originally published in The Hill Times. By Jim Creskey It’s about the children. Nothing brought this home more than the 2015 photo of the body of a three-year-old Syrian refugee boy, Alan Kurdi, washed up on a beach in Turkey. The heartbreaking photo, appearing during the last federal election, stirred up the empathy of many Canadians…Continue reading When a heart-wrenching photo made it better for children
Thousands take to streets to call for a poverty-free Canada
Volunteers call for the federal government to build on the newly-released Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy in Budget 2019 to end poverty in Canada.
Thousands Across Canada Call for an End to Poverty
Volunteers call for forthcoming national Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy to be based in human rights and fully funded in Budget 2018.
Take Action on Poverty This October 17th!
This week we have a video blog from ChewOnThis! organizer Adam Vasey with the Downtown Mission of Windsor on how the campaign can engage people in your community to be part of the growing movement from coast-to-coast-to-coast to take national action on poverty and food insecurity.
Chew On This! Food for thought on poverty
Canada has a poverty problem. 4.9 million people across Canada currently live in poverty, 1.3 million of whom are children. 235,000 people experience homelessness annually. 1 in 8 Canadian households struggle to put food on the table.
Chew on This! Calls for Action after Poverty Consultations
As the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS) consultations came to a close last Friday, the work and energy for a strong poverty strategy continues to build.
Highlights from the 2016 ChewOnThis! Campaign
2016 was the most successful year yet for ChewOnThis! Read more about highlights of the event on our new two-pager. ChewOnThis 2016 Two-Pager
Thank you for making ChewOnThis! a huge success!
ChewOnThis! 2016 was a great success thanks to the hard work of organizers and communities across the country! We had over 60 groups participating – in every province and territory – calling on Minister Duclos to include those with lived experience of poverty in meaningful consultations in the development of a comprehensive, rights-based Canadian Poverty…Continue reading Thank you for making ChewOnThis! a huge success!