CPJ Urges Federal Government support of Housing Bill

The Executive Director of CPJ wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to request that the federal government support Bill C-304, (“An Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians.”) Unfortunately, Canada is the only major developed country that is without a national housing strategy. Citizens for Public Justice holds that a pan-Canadian housing strategy is a core element of the comprehensive poverty elimination plan that this country urgently needs. Bill C-304, a Private Member’s Bill originally proposed by Vancouver East MP Libby Davies, has been reviewed by Parliament’s Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. It calls for a National Housing Strategy that will bring all levels of government together to enact a plan to increase safe, affordable housing across Canada. The Bill could be voted on as early as this fall.

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Read the French translation of the letter.