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New report reveals that Canada is missing 4.4M affordable homes for people in housing need

Today, the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate released a new analysis of Canada’s housing supply shortage that found it is missing 4.4 million homes that are affordable to people in housing need.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2023-11-02

Federal Housing Advocate’s report on encampments in Canada details human rights concerns and solutions

Today, Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle released her first of a two-part report on encampments in Canada, which illustrates the experiences of encampment residents across the country and explores potential solutions to this growing human rights crisis.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2023-10-11

Federal Housing Advocate’s report details housing challenges in British Columbia

Today, Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle released her first observational report on British Columbia, which details what she heard directly from community members and housing service providers about their housing realities and concerns.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2023-08-31

Establishing a culture of pay equity across the federal jurisdiction

Following the release of The Pay Equity Commissioner’s 2022 Annual Report to Parliament, Pay Equity Commissioner Lori Straznicky issues the following news release

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  • News Releases
  • Pay Equity
  • 2023-06-28

Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the next Pay Equity Commissioner

The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes Lori Straznicky as Canada’s next Pay Equity Commissioner, appointed by Order in Council. Ms. Straznicky has been serving as Pay Equity Commissioner in an interim capacity since November 2022.

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  • News Releases
  • Pay Equity
  • 2023-06-28

Federal Housing Advocate requests review into the failure to eliminate homelessness amongst women and gender-diverse people

Today, Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle made a request to the National Housing Council to launch a review panel on the failure to prevent and eliminate homelessness amongst women and gender-diverse people, particularly Indigenous women, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2023-05-11

Federal Housing Advocate to review encampments and human rights violations of residents

Today, Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle launched a formal review of encampments in Canada, which have become a human rights crisis in cities across the country.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2023-02-23

Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes new full-time Commissioner

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is pleased to welcome Jose Ordonez, by Order in Council, as a full-time Commissioner for a seven-year term.

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  • News Releases
  • Human Rights
  • 2023-01-23

Homeless encampments in Canada a human rights crisis

Today, the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate released a series of research reports on homeless encampments that confirm a human rights crisis is unfolding in cities across Canada.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2022-12-08

Succession letter

I am writing to you to tell you about the organization I have had the honour to lead for almost eight years. The role of Chief Commissioner and CEO was for me, one of the greatest honours of my life. In addition, I would like to provide you with a sense of the current context of the remarkable organization you are about to lead.

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  • News Releases
  • Human Rights
  • 2022-11-29

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