Advocating for the realization of the right to housing, including increasing supply of, and access to, affordable housing for low-income Canadians
Call for National School Lunch Program
Conversion of non-refundable tax credits that benefit low-income Canadians to refundable tax credits
Creation of financial benefits (e.g., refundable tax credits) for single adults with low incomes
Enhancing frequency of national data collection on food insecurity and establishment of targets for reducing food insecurity as part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Ensuring all low-income Canadians have access to the Canada Child Benefit and that rates are indexed to inflation
Ensuring all low-income seniors have access to Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement and that these benefits are increased to reflect the cost of living
Establishment of national Pharmacare and Dental Care programs
Expansion of national child care and early learning program that is accessible to low-income families
Reforms to Employment Insurance (EI) to enable low-wage, temporary, casual, and/or contract workers to have access to EI benefits
Politique ou Programme, Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement
Advocate for policies to address the financialization of housing
Politique ou Programme, Règlement
Ease filing of taxes for people living in poverty
Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
Securing formal recognition that food is a human right in domestic policy
Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement
Call for implementation of Canada Disability Benefit as a Federal Income Supplement