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23/10/2024
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Media advisory – New report to call attention to Métis housing conditions and press for solutions in Saskatchewan
Media advisory
The groups, including Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle, President of Métis Nation – Saskatchewan Glen McCallum, and Loretta King, Metis-Nation – Saskatchewan’s Infrastructure and Housing Minister, will also meet with federal ministers and senators in Ottawa that day to discuss the recommendations and advocate for solutions.
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Federal response to encampments a step forward, and work must continue
Statements
Across Canada, people continue to be forced to live in public spaces because they have nowhere else to go. This national human rights crisis calls for a national response.
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Honouring Truth, Embracing Reconciliation
Statements
To mark September 30th, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Canadian Human Rights Commission issues the following statement
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Honouring and protecting the distinct rights of Indigenous peoples
Statements
On the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, Interim Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, issues the following statement
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Joint news release – New project confirms people with disabilities are overrepresented in all aspects of inadequate housing and homelessness
News Releases
A new monitoring project confirms that people with disabilities are overrepresented in nearly all aspects of inadequate housing and homelessness. It provides clear evidence of what people with disabilities in Canada have been saying for many years: their fundamental human right to housing is being violated.
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Human rights-based solutions to housing financialization are urgently needed
Statements
The Federal Housing Advocate welcomes the new report by the review panel on the Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing, which was released on May 29.
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Independent Indigenous human rights system is overdue
Statements
The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Final Report on Call for Justice 1.7 by the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministerial Special Representative, Jennifer Moore Rattray, which was released last week. We applaud the work of the Ministerial Special Representative and are pleased to join the collective call for independent human rights mechanisms for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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Making the right to housing a reality by putting people first
Statements
Canada’s housing situation has reached a crisis point. While there has been some progress, we have much work ahead of us.
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Open letter – accessible housing and the National Building Code
Open letters
The Federal Housing Advocate notes that since this letter was published, the Canadian Board on Harmonized Construction Codes has proposed additional new changes to the National Building Code and has begun a separate consultation on these additional changes.
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