Canada

City of Abbotsford, BC, dumps chicken manure on homeless campsite

Published in Friday June 7th, 2013

Homeless advocate and journalist, James Breckenridge, says the city of Abbotsford has been ‘hunting’ its homeless people for months. This week, a well known camping place for homeless – a small clearing where people live together and watch each others belongings – was hit. The city dumped and spread a significant quantity of chicken manure over the area.

Abbotsford Spreads Chicken Manure In City To Rid Itself Of The Homeless

Published in Friday June 7th, 2013 In In the media

City of Abbotsford employees have spread chicken manure over land within city limits used as a camp for the homeless. According to advocate for homeless, James Breckenridge, this is but the latest in a series of tactics used by the City in an apparent effort to keep the homeless moving.

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Triad United States, Canada and China boycott minimum possibilities of advances in the Rio +20

Published in Wednesday June 6th, 2012 In In the media

June 6, 2012 United States, Canada and China, with occasional support from other countries (like Russia), depending on the situation, are boycotting the minimum possible Rio +20 conclude with concrete progress in terms of measures to reverse the global environmental crisis. The boycott of these countries was evident in the third round of informal negotiations […]

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Canada needs a rental housing plan

Published in Monday May 28th, 2012 In In the media

May 28, 2012 Jobs will go unfilled if people don’t have affordable places to live that are close to work and transit On May 15, the City of Vancouver council approved the Secured Rental Housing Policy. Part of the City’s Housing and Homelessness Strategy, this new city policy outlines a package of incentives for property […]

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Canada needs a national housing strategy; Support Bill C-304

Published in Tuesday March 22nd, 2011 In News

“I’ll never forget the small, remote communities I visited where I saw people in jail, only because they were homeless and on the street during brutal winter nights.” – Libby Davies, Member of Parliament, Vancouver East.

Ottawa (7 Mar. 2011) – The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) has a strong and proud history of campaigning on important equality and human rights issues. So, I am very proud that the National Union has committed its support to help ensure that my private member’s Bill C-304, An act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians, is passed in the House of Commons. I like to call it, a Housing Bill of Rights.

Canada’s Adequate, Accessible and Affordable Housing Act

Published in Friday July 23rd, 2010

The Adequate, Accessible and Affordable Housing Act establishes the compulsory development of a participatory National Housing Strategy designed to respect, protect, promote and fulfill the right to adequate housing as guaranteed under international human rights treaties.

Right to housing legal challenge launched today

Published in Thursday May 27th, 2010 In News

Everyone in Canada has the right to a home – and the federal government has a responsibility to realize that right. That’s the basis of a legal challenge http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/26/c6474.html launched today by a coalition of housing and legal advocates. The Wellesley Institute is providing policy support to the new coalition, including expert evidence on funding and legislative decisions by the federal government over the past two decades. I’ve provided detailed numbers on housing funding, programs and policy decisions that have been incorporated into the affidavit of Dr David Hulchanski, who is the leading expert witness for the coalition.

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Reports 2009

Published in Sunday February 1st, 2009 In Reports

Thematic reports: Financial crisis, Climate changes

Mission reports: Canada and Preliminary Note Maldives

Comunications report

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Canada

Published in Monday January 19th, 2009 In Reports
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Canada: preliminary note

Published in Thursday July 10th, 2008 In Reports