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By CPJ | Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Poverty Elimination - Why in the World Not?

By Joe Gunn | Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

From September 20-22, 2010 the United Nations will host a large gathering of heads of state to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The international community will receive progress reports on poverty alleviation in the Global South and confirm new strategies. Canada has frozen international development spending, but Prime Minister Harper will attend the meeting. How will Canada measure up? Read more »

Stand Up and Justice Jam a success

By Rebekah Sears | Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 - 2:27PM
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On Friday October 16, we at CPJ along with our partners and supporters in Ottawa organized two events for the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (officially October 17). First, there was a Stand Up event at Parliament Hill in the afternoon, followed by a celebration in the evening, Justice Jam, with great live music by local artists and a chance for local supporters to gather together. Read more »

Envisioning Canada Without Poverty campaign ended

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

CPJ’s Envisioning Canada Without Poverty campaign has ended. We thank CPJ members and supporters for contacting their MPs and sharing the important message that poverty must be addressed. Thanks to you, the campaign was a success. For new opportunities to get involved in the fight against poverty, check out CPJ’s new campaign: Dignity for All.

Strengthening the call to end poverty

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

CPJ’s Envisioning Canada Without Poverty campaign, launched in April 2008, contained a call for the 2009 federal budget to include a poverty reduction strategy. But as we saw in late January, there was no such strategy in the budget. Does this mean our endeavours were unsuccessful?

“Absolutely not,” stated Chandra Pasma, CPJ’s public justice policy analyst. With letters, emails and phone calls, CPJ members let their MPs know that poverty is an important public justice issue, one that needs to be addressed immediately. Read more »

Renewed Funding for Affordable Housing

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

On Wednesday, September 17, Human Resources and Social Development Minister Monte Solberg announced that the federal government was renewing funding for three national programs aimed at combating homelessness and providing affordable housing across Canada. Read more »

From vision to action

By Chandra Pasma | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

When is the best time to solve poverty?
Twenty years ago.

When is the second best time to solve poverty?
Right now.

This adaptation of a Chinese proverb encapsulates CPJ’s pre-budget brief to the Standing Committee on Finance. Read more »

Let's envision Canada without poverty

By Trixie Ling | Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

CPJ policy intern Trixie Ling goes in-depth into CPJ’s May 2008 poverty reduction workshops that were held across Canada. She highlights the honest discussions and diversity of participants, noting how the momentum for a national poverty reduction strategy is growing. Read more »

CPJ calls citizens to envision Canada without poverty

By Trixie Ling | Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

May was an exciting month for CPJ as we travelled across Canada engaging people in a dialogue about poverty in Canada and suggesting ways to fight against poverty. In coordination with the recent launch of our Envisioning Canada Without Poverty (www.canadawithoutpoverty.ca) campaign, CPJ held workshops in five different cities, Ottawa, Halifax, London, Winnipeg and Edmonton, to explore a national poverty reduction strategy and empower citizens to engage in advocacy. Advocacy is an ongoing process; change does not come in a day. We must keep persisting because we have a duty to work toward a just society in which all people can live in dignity and have access to basic needs. Read more »

Finance committee brief

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

When is the best time to solve poverty? Twenty years ago.
When is the second best time to solve poverty? Right now. Read more »

National poverty plan petition

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Momentum is growing for national poverty plan in Canada, and MP Tony Martin is building on this. He has created a petition calling on the government to introduce a national poverty plan, noting how all parties supported the current Parliamentary Committee hearings about the federal role in poverty reduction. Read more »