What about Canada’s commitment to poverty reduction? MPs left us on read
Young people are demanding elected officials take responsibility for commitments to Canada’s poverty-reduction goals. But, they’re choosing to ignore us.
Disability advocates launch ‘Canada Disability Benefit diet’ to highlight ‘impossible choices’ recipients face
NDP MP Leah Gazan says the federal government is ignoring concerns over its ‘totally inadequate’ disability benefit.
In the heart of Montreal, Liberals look to maintain dominance and avoid repeat of byelection shock
Liberal leadership candidates faced off in battleground Montreal near the epicentre of their September byelection loss.
Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
Poilievre takes aim at Housing Accelerator Fund despite representing a city that’s already received $44-million from it
A quarter of the federal fund to speed up housing development has already been dispensed to municipalities, First Nations, and Quebec.
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service at court for class-action certification hearings
The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.
Budget 2024 a missed opportunity to address food affordability
To ensure food affordability, investment is needed to guarantee adequate incomes, rein in corporate profits, and support (w)holistic approaches to food provisioning.
Income security cannot wait: it’s time to support Bill S-233
Senators should support the National Framework for a Guaranteed Liveable Basic Income Act as a step towards alleviating poverty.
Advocates call on Liberals to fund Canada Disability Benefit in Budget 2024
Persons with Disabilities Minister Kamal Khera will need support at the cabinet table to push for a new multi-billion-dollar social program at a time when the finance minister has spoken of the need for fiscal restraint, say disability and poverty experts.
Fall economic statement should include tax filing help, banking reforms, say advocates for lower income Canadians
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says this year’s fall economic statement will be ‘narrowly focused’ on three areas: housing, affordability, and fiscal responsibility.
