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Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes new Deputy Chief Commissioner

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is pleased to welcome Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, by Order in Council, as Deputy Chief Commissioner for a seven-year term.

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  • News Releases
  • Human Rights
  • 2022-11-18

The Federal Housing Advocate's Keynote Address to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Conference

Speaking Notes of Marie-Josée Houle, Federal Housing Advocate, Office of the Federal Housing Advocate

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  • Speeches
  • Housing
  • 2022-11-02

People with disabilities bearing the brunt of travel woes

People with disabilities continue to face barriers and discrimination when travelling in Canada. In many cases, they are being denied their fundamental human rights.

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  • Statements
  • Accessibility
  • 2022-10-05

Requesting parking accommodation will be easier for employees at ESDC

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is pleased to announce the centralization of requests for parking accommodation within the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).

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  • Settlement statements
  • Human Rights
  • 2022-10-05

Maintain action and momentum towards reconciliation

Today, as we mark this second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we call on non-Indigenous people in Canada to learn the truth about the atrocities of our past, to understand how those atrocities still live on today, and to assume collective responsibility in passing that knowledge on and helping turn it into meaningful action.

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  • Statements
  • Human Rights
  • 2022-09-30

Federal Housing Advocate asks National Housing Council to launch public hearing on corporate investment in housing

Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle has issued a formal request to the National Housing Council to launch a review panel on the human rights impacts of corporate investment in rental housing, also known as financialization.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2022-09-23

People with disabilities continue to face barriers to working in Canada's telecom industry

Findings of an audit report published today by the Canadian Human Rights Commission reveals that people with disabilities still don’t have fair and equal access to employment in Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications sector.

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  • News Releases
  • Human Rights
  • 2022-09-21

Pay Equity: the clock is ticking and federal employers need to get started

International Equal Pay Day is an opportunity for countries around the world to acknowledge the work that women do and their right to be paid equally. But this important day is not just a day of recognition. It is also a call to action.

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  • Statements
  • Pay Equity
  • 2022-09-20

Corporate investment in housing linked to unaffordable rents, evictions, and long-term care deaths: study

Today, the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate released a series of research reports that explore the growing trend of financial firms using housing as commodity to grow wealth for their investors.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2022-09-08

Federal Housing Advocate to visit British Columbia

The Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, will visit British Columbia from August 22 – September 2, 2022, to meet with community organizations and people with lived experience of inadequate housing and homelessness.

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  • News Releases
  • Housing
  • 2022-08-17

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