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In search of political will: Strengthening Canada’s mechanisms for the domestic implementation of international human rights commitments
Monday, October 28th, 2024
The history of domestic implementation of Canada’s international human rights commitments is disappointing, particularly when it comes to economic and social rights… Over the past 75 years, Canada has neglected to build the necessary legal foundations, government structures, and political will at home to institutionalize human rights and provide accountability to rights holders. We need a new national framework for international human rights implementation.
Tags: immigration, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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Warning signs: Poverty in 2022
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
Pandemic-related modifications to EI, the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit and the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit, all ended during 2022… Recent investments, such as the Canada Disability Benefit, may help when the money finally gets to those in need some time in 2025, but the size and reach of the benefit is too low to have a significant impact on poverty rates.
Tags: poverty, standard of living
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Ontario Budget 2024 should advance the right to an adequate standard of living
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
To advance the right to an adequate standard of living, Ontario’s Budget 2024 should bolster social assistance, help low-income workers, support rental housing, and work productively with other orders of government to achieve these goals… the government must address the systems acting counter to this goal — social assistance, employment-related supports, and housing services.
Tags: budget, disabilities, housing, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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