[…] who is most likely to be poor, and what impact poverty is likely to have on people and communities. These trends have been exacerbated by the Covid -19 pandemic as those living in poverty and precarity were disproportionately affected by inadequate access to healthcare, food insecurity, and inadequate housing. This report explores why these […]
May 2010 Download the report Bearing the Brunt: How the 2008–2009 Recession Created Poverty for Canadian Families details the rise in poverty and economic insecurity caused by the recession.
This fourth and final report in our Poverty Trends Scorecard series shows that in the face of economic uncertainty and stagnant incomes, Canadians are working hard to keep up with rising living costs.
[…] 10,000 Syrian refugees. If Canada were Syria, everyone in Sudbury would be dead. Montreal, Metro Vancouver, Montreal, and the Maritimes would be deserted. One hundred and eighty -five school buses full of children would have been killed. That’s the message spreading on Twitter with the hash tag #IfWeWereSyrian. The social media campaign by two […]
Presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
May 2015
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CPJ’s Executive Director, Joe Gunn, was invited to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology during their study of the increasing incidence of obesity in Canada. As they looked at causes, consequences, and […]
A Public Justice Case for Proportional Representation Submission to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform October 2016 Download the Brief CPJ recommends that the Canadian government adopt a system of mixed–member proportional representation (PR) that is effective, legitimate, engaging, accessible, inclusive, and representative.
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance Pre -Budget Consultations
August 2017
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Focusing the budget discussion narrowly on productivity and competitiveness diminishes Canadians to our economic “value” as workers. This framework fails to account for personal fulfilment, community well–being, and ecological integrity. And, it ignores the importance and […]
The federal government must address these ongoing and overlapping crises: climate change, domestic poverty, racism, and social exclusion.
Creating a Just Canada 2021 Election Bulletin When the last federal election was called in 2019, no one could have imagined the events that would define the next two years: A global pandemic; over four million dead from COVID -19 (including 26,575 Canadians) exposing and exacerbating the pre–existing crises of poverty, homelessness, and inequity, […]
