The Federal Housing Advocate’s 2023–2024 Annual Report to the Minister
The Canadian Human Rights Commission monitors the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Canada. We are responsible for tracking how Canada is putting the CRPD into action. Learn more about our CRPD work.
The Budget 2024 and Canada's Housing Plan establish a foundation to build on. They are a step forward towards recognizing and solving the housing and homelessness crisis we are in.
On International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate trans people and their accomplishments, and we call on Canada to do more to uphold their fundamental human rights.
Leaders from the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Federal Housing Advocate met with federal representatives to discuss the disproportionate impact of homelessness and encampments on First Nations individuals and families.
In advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 7th Periodic Review - January 2020
A summary version of the submission is provided in HTML. See PDF for complete version.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission remains deeply concerned by reports that people with disabilities are choosing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) because they cannot access the basic supports and services they need to live with dignity.
Today, Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle is calling for a national response to the human rights crisis facing people living in homeless encampments.