I write to express my grave concern with the motion carried at Barrie City Council on May 17, 2023 directing staff to use changes to the City’s By-laws in order to prohibit the use or distribution of tents or tarps in public parks or on public lands without a permit and to prohibit the distribution of food and grocery products in public spaces without the use of a permit.
Remarks at the 2023 Meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Human Rights Ministers, Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, Interim Chief Commissioner
Canadian Human Rights Commission
The CHRC welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Bill C-15). The CHRC strongly supports the expeditious passage of Bill C-15.
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.
Appearance before the Senate Committee of Indigenous Peoples (APPA) on the topic of a Canadian Human Rights Framework, Charlotte-Anne Malischewski,
Interim Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
I write to express my grave concerns about the plan reported in the media to escalate the decampment of East Hastings Street.
I write to express my grave concerns about the new bylaw under consideration by City Council to establish a centralized homeless encampment at Moccasin Flats.
The newly unveiled Federal Budget is a sorry disappointment. It completely misses the mark on addressing the most pressing housing crisis this country has ever seen. There are no new ideas, and not nearly enough new money announced for housing. The homelessness crisis was not even mentioned. This is simply unacceptable.
The report presents our 2022 statistics, highlights from our year, and features two stories that help shed light on two emerging issues that are defining this next era of human rights.
An individual named Stephen Puskas and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) have reached an agreement to settle a human rights complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal about systemic discrimination in the workplace. Mr. Stephen Puskas is a young Inuk man who had worked at the NFB as an associate producer intern in 2017–2018.