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What are the chances feminist Trudeau will provide Canadians with a national gender equality plan?

| February 15, 2017

After Harper's reign of terror on everything Canadian, Trudeau was a beacon of hope. But, that light is quickly dimming while my disillusionment grows by leaps and bounds. The self-proclaimed feminist is looking more misogynous with each passing day.

On October 19, 2016 Trudeau whipped his party to vote against NDP MP Kennedy Stewart's private member's Bill C-237, the Candidate Gender Equity Act, which would have enhanced existing financial incentives ensuring greater gender parity during federal elections.

Chew on this: Why do we accept poverty in a nation as rich as Canada?

Leilani Farha Joe Gunn

| October 17, 2015

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Following the tradition in Canada, people gave thanks around the country this past weekend. As food was prepared and bellies were filled we were left wondering: When did Canada decide that 4.9 million people living in poverty was something that we consent to as a nation? How can we find it acceptable that 17.4 per cent of children in Canada are living in households struggling to put food on the table?

Feds leave provinces and territories to lead the fight on poverty

Megan Hooft

| October 13, 2015

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It's been a big week for people living in poverty. The United Nations confirmed the Sustainable Development Goals for the next 15 years and the first goal is to "end poverty in all its forms everywhere." The goals are universal, which puts all countries -- including Canada -- on the hot seat when it comes down to accountability and results.

Rights matter: A practical guide to ending poverty in Canada

Michele Biss

| September 1, 2015

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It's the first of its kind: a human rights guide to ending poverty in Canada. A guide that clearly outlines what human rights mean concretely for policymakers, activists, community-makers and all other anti-poverty stakeholders.

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UN Committee supports charities in fight for freedom of expression

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Canada has received a rebuke from a United Nations treaty monitoring body for its lack of respect for human rights. The Human Rights Committee (HRC) released a lengthy list of issues it cited as concerning as part of its concluding observations on the country's review of civil and political rights.

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Canada Without Poverty challenges Harper audits at United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva

George Lessard

| July 6, 2015

President of the Board of Directors of Canada Without Poverty, Harriett McLachlan, and CWP’s Legal Education and Outreach Coordinator, Michèle Biss

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A poverty reduction plan for Canada

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Approximately 4.8 million Canadians -- that's one in seven -- live in poverty.

This week, Citizens for Public Justice and Canada Without Poverty, two groups that address issues of homelessness, early childhood education and how to organize around anti-poverty activism, released a national action plan to address income insecurity among Canadians.

"It is never acceptable for a rich country to do nothing about poverty, and now is certainly not the time," said Canada Without Poverty's Executive Director Leilani Farha in a press release.

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