From The Catalyst Spring 2015 On February 3, 2015, the Dignity for All Campaign released its long–awaited âNational Anti–Poverty Plan for Canada.â Support has been widespread: over 15,000 individuals, 600 organizations, and 130 Members of Parliament and Senators have all signed on, agreeing that Canada needs a national plan to address poverty.
Poverty Reduction Act voted down in House of Commons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: December 6, 2016 â Yesterday, MPs voted down sending Bill C -245, the Poverty Reduction Act, to committee. This bill would have legislated a framework for a national poverty reduction strategy. As co–leaders of Dignity for All: The campaign for a […]
This Briefing Note lays out CPJâs position on guaranteed annual income (GAI) / basic income (BI) programs to support CPJâs participation in current debates, and to inform the development of a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy.
Why Must we be Cautious? Acclaimed Canadian American journalist Dahlia Lithwick remarked that âthere is no rest stop on the misinformation highway.â Threatening our democratic foundations, unverified and misleading news continues to spread unrelentingly across the busy roadways of the global internet. For unknown reasons, foreign and domestic actors are spreading misinformation to promote […]
Ahead of the 2019 federal election, Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) will be hosting a series of free, non–partisan events across Canada aimed at equipping voters to engage in the political process in a meaningful way.
An event during the election campaign can be a great way to discuss important issues with candidates and educate members of your community. You can structure the meeting in various ways, including a roundtable discussion, a town hall meeting or a debate.
Today, CPJ joined Climate Action Network Canada and 29 other organizations from across Canada in writing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As he prepares to form a new cabinet, we called on him to put in places mechanisms to meet stronger climate targets that would limit warming to 1.5°.
There is deep concern about the climate crisis among churches in Canada. Weighed down with this concern, people are often lost with what to do next. Now, For the Love of Creation is providing a way for people of faith to channel their concern and take action.
This month, CPJ and the Dignity for All campaign released -the-gap-infographics/”>Living in the Gap: A Snapshot of Precarity in Canada. This report includes six infographics highlighting households across Canada struggling to make ends meet. These profiles represent compilations of typical peopleâs experiences, with numbers drawn from the actual communities in which they are situated.
The main message of the […]
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The time is long overdue for Canada to eliminate poverty.
The federal government is set to launch the -social-development/campaigns/poverty-reduction.html”>Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy (-scayt-word=”CPRS” data-wsc-lang=”en_US”>CPRS) in the next few weeks. For anti–poverty groups awaiting the release of the countryâs first national plan to […]
