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.
This report provides a plain language summary of what people shared during the public engagement process. This report has been translated and tested by People First of Canada’s plain language team.
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.
Speaking Notes of Marie-Josée Houle, Federal Housing Advocate, Office of the Federal Housing Advocate