Public Justice at the Polls CPJ’s 2025 federal election materials Election Tour Before the 2025 federal election, CPJ is hitting the road! During March and April, CPJ will be teaming up with partner organizations across the country to hold local events during our 2025 Election Tour. Each event will have a slightly different public justice…
On January 16, 2025, CPJ’s Socio-Economic Policy Analyst, Natalie Appleyard, delivered the keynote address for the 50th anniversary of the Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship. This event was part of the Carleton School of Social Work’s 75th Anniversary.
This year’s Poverty Trends shows that several measures of poverty in Canada are moving in the wrong direction. Intersecting and deep-set inequitable structures and practices make poverty persistent—but they do not make it inevitable.
On September 25, CPJ Socio-Economic Policy Analyst Natalie Appleyard joined MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate in a press conference ahead of the House of Commons vote on Bill C-223: an Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income. Senator Pate is sponsoring a parallel bill in the Senate, Bill S-233. CPJ…
When the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) was announced in the 2024 federal budget, it got a lot of us excited. A survey by Angus Reid showed that a huge majority of Canadians—nine-in-ten—were on board with the idea. Even with all that enthusiasm, many people were skeptical about whether this benefit would meet the challenges of…
Make the CDB What it was Meant to Be! Did you know that an estimated 16.8% of people with a disability in Canada live in poverty, compared to 9.3% of people without a disability? When the federal government passed legislation to create the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), there was a lot of talk about lifting…
Natalie Appleyard discusses the need for hope, advocacy, and transformative policy changes to address poverty, especially among Indigenous peoples. She emphasizes the importance of embodying hope through action and collaboration to create systemic change.
Released annually, CPJ’s Poverty Trends reports provide readers with a review of data on poverty in Canada and the state of government action, as well as a vision for how we can move forward.
In the final video of the series on poverty and congregational responses by the Flourishing Congregations Institute, I encourage us to embrace a life of curiosity rather than control when facing the unknown – a timely reminder for the Eastertide season. Discover how a curious mindset can help us better understand and address the complex…
The 2023 Federal Budget was announced at a time when Canadian residents share deep concerns about affordability, access to health care, and the ever-accelerating climate crisis. The question that CPJ asks around every federal budget cycle remains the same: Does this budget prioritize systemic solutions that could eradicate poverty, uphold the rights and dignity of…