FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON, August 21, 2018 — Following years of advocacy from anti-poverty groups across Canada, the federal government has released the first-ever federal Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy. With nearly five million people in Canada living in poverty and one in eight families struggling to put food on the table, this marks an…Continue reading Dignity for All welcomes launch of Canada’s first national poverty plan
Originally published in The Hill Times. By Darlene O’Leary and Liz Majic The time is long overdue for Canada to eliminate poverty. The federal government is set to launch the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS) in the next few weeks. For anti-poverty groups awaiting the release of the country’s first national plan to address poverty, it is a momentous…Continue reading Here’s what Canada’s first national anti-poverty plan needs
The Dignity for All campaign was present at the Wabano Centre in Ottawa last week where Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott was holding a town hall to mark the National Indigenous Peoples Day. Throughout the day government, civil society, and individuals alike celebrated the unique cultures and contributions by Inuit, Metis, and First Nations…Continue reading Reconciliation is Key for Canada’s Poverty Plan
Last month, the federal government released Budget 2018. The Dignity for All (DFA) campaign was encouraged to see two positive anti-poverty measures linked to income security included in Budget 2018: indexing the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) and strengthening the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB), now called the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB). We also applaud the…Continue reading A breakdown of anti-poverty measures in Budget 2018
A series of infographics showing how people struggle to make ends meet.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: November 22, 2017 – To mark National Housing Day, the federal government unveiled the details of its National Housing Strategy (NHS), a national plan to address housing and homelessness in Canada. The Dignity for All campaign, co-led by Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) and Canada Without Poverty (CWP), welcomed the…Continue reading Dignity for All applauds launch of National Housing Strategy
Volunteers call for forthcoming national Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy to be based in human rights and fully funded in Budget 2018.
On September 28, 2017, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jean-Yves Duclos hosted the National Poverty Conference in Ottawa. This conference sought to bring stakeholders, front-line workers, academics, researchers, and members of the Minister’s Advisory Committee on Poverty together to discuss the development of the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS) and to hear…Continue reading We Can End, Not Just Reduce, Poverty in Canada
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.
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.
