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Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
about 2 months ago
Today, I wrote to the Mayor and City Councillors in Barrie to express my grave concern about a motion being debated tonight to Update the Use of City Property By-law in response to encampments.
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reposted by
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
about 2 months ago
Very pleased to meet with the
#Toronto
Underhoused and Homeless Union yesterday. Thank you for taking the time to share the experience and concerns of people with lived experience of homelessness. I look forward to staying in touch and working together to protect human rights. âMJH
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reposted by
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
2 months ago
âĄïž Read the Advocateâs advice to Minister Robertson:
www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/pu...
âĄïž Read the report by Dr. Carolyn Whitzman on human rights-based housing targets and mechanisms for Canada:
homelesshub.ca/resource/hum...
âĄïž Link to the announcement:
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
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Advice to the Minister: How a human rights-based approach can help solve the housing crisis | Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Canadian Human Rights Commission is Canadas national human rights institution. The Commission helps ensure that everyone in Canada is treated fairly, no matter who they are.
https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/publications/advice-minister-how-human-rights-based-approach-can-help-solve-housing
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Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
2 months ago
I am optimistic that this plan has the potential to transform Canadaâs housing landscape for the better. If done right, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a fairer, more resilient, and more inclusive country â and make the human right to housing a reality in Canada. â MJH.
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reposted by
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
2 months ago
The launch of
#BuildCanadaHomes
is a welcome step towards the
#Right2Housing
. Its focus on non-market housing, public land, and affordability is a positive shift and aligns with my advice to government.
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Is this the Reichstag fire moment? If you are not scared, you should be.
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2 months ago
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Dave Karpf
2 months ago
There is a real possibility that Charlie Kirkâs death will serve as a pretext for authoritarian purges. And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
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Its past time for Israel âs supposed allies to stop aiding and abetting genocide
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say
The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o
3 months ago
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reposted by
Bureau du défenseur fédéral du logement
3 months ago
(article en anglais seulement) :
hart.ubc.ca/blog/cmhcs-m...
Huit ans aprÚs le lancement de la Stratégie nationale sur le logement du Canada, la crise s'est aggravée.
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reposted by
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
3 months ago
Eight years into Canadaâs National Housing Strategy, the crisis is worse. A new article by CMHC suggests repeating old mistakes and ignores clear evidence that public money must go toward non-market housing to restore affordability for those most in need of a home.
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reposted by
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
4 months ago
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reposted by
Bureau du défenseur fédéral du logement
4 months ago
Le BDFL est maintenant sur Bluesky! Nous partagerons plus de contenu exclusif ici et sur LinkedIn
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, et vous pouvez recevoir nos aperçus directement dans votre boßte de réception grùce à notre bulletin d'information. Ne manquez pas de vous inscrire dÚs aujourd'hui!
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reposted by
Regan Sunshine Brussé
4 months ago
"We cannot continue to claim we are pursuing a human rights-based approach if, at critical moments like these, we refuse to take responsibility for meaningful change and fail to act in accordance with the very principles we proclaim ourselves wishing to uphold."
#HumanRIghts
#Unsheltered
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Evicting encampments and confiscating/destroying peopleâs belongings violates human rights and puts them at greater risk of harms
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4 months ago
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reposted by
Laura Pin
5 months ago
City of Cambridge has issued encampment eviction notices meant to be enforced during this heatwave. Instead of supporting people to stay alive, trying to push people out of their shelter. Why are we evicting people during extreme weather?
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reposted by
Abe Oudshoorn
6 months ago
(Spoiler: It's housing with supports.)
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Doug Fordâs America-inspired solution to homelessness wonât work. This will
While Manitoba is instructing us on a "Made in Canada" approach to homelessness that works, Premier Ford is modelling dysfunctional policies championed by an irrational American president.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/doug-fords-america-inspired-solution-to-homelessness-wont-work-this-will/article_e901003b-7c62-45d4-ad3b-68dd67820d82.html
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reposted by
Maria Popova
8 months ago
Iâm sad for hockey fans that their sportâs two top goal scorers are dictator lovers. Ovechkin especially is completely morally bankrupt.
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reposted by
CALL TO ACTIVISM
9 months ago
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldnât find itâŠso donât RT right now this very second.
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Ray Sullivan
9 months ago
Unmet promises put urban Indigenous last in line for housing
torontosun.com/opinion/colu...
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OPINION: Unmet promises put urban Indigenous last in line for housing
For more than a decade, the Indigenous community housing professionals have been pushing for a national Indigenous housing strategy.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-unmet-promises-put-urban-indigenous-last-in-line-for-housing
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reposted by
Lotte Leicht
9 months ago
A President just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasnât Zelensky.
#StandWithUkraine
kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasnât Zelensky
Itâs time to say it plainly. Americaâs leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
https://kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-president-just-disrespected-america-in-the-oval-office-it-wasnt-zelensky/
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We need all governments in Canada to commit to respecting and protecting the fundamental
#humanrights
of people living in encampments.
#Right2Housing
www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...
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Open letter to Premiers: Respect the human rights of encampment residents | Canadian Human Rights Commission
https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/newsroom/open-letter-premiers-respect-human-rights-encampment-residents
9 months ago
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reposted by
Cristian GonzĂĄlez Cabrera
10 months ago
đ§”Trump's draconian order on "gender ideology" plays on peopleâs fear of social change, alleging a trans conspiracy of great scale. Yes, it'll make the lives of trans people more difficult. Moreover, it'll undermine sexual/reproductive rights for all.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government â The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
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reposted by
Anna Mehler Paperny
10 months ago
More Ontarians are homeless, more are projected to be homeless, many are chronically homeless, local governments are shouldering the burden and cannot solve the problem on their own.
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Alex Bozikovic
10 months ago
This is unconscionable and something we can afford to address. Housing is cheaper than chronic medical care.
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reposted by
Carolyn Whitzman
11 months ago
Via
@policyalternatives.bsky.social
, cities spend billions to attract major sports events (stadia, incentives, bids for World Cup etc.). Yet public libraries serve more people & address basic needs. Which is more important for cities & citizens: bread or circuses?
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Denmark Offers to Buy U.S.
âWe believe that by giving the U.S. an educational system and national health care, it could be transformed from a vast land mass into a great nation,â a spokesperson for Denmark said.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/denmark-offers-to-buy-us
11 months ago
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reposted by
Cathy Crowe, C.M. đ
11 months ago
Yes. I know itâs a big day in
#ottawa
but media please at least tomorrow start analyzing policy. Such as this.
#cdn
#canada
@cdnpoli.bsky.social
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BBC witnesses Saydnaya prison's foul and pestilent atmosphere
Inside the infamous prison's corridors it becomes clear how hard it will be to mend the Syria that Assad broke.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62w5q52pngo
11 months ago
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reposted by
Bruce Porter
12 months ago
450 legal scholars and practitioners tell Doug Ford that invoking the notwithstanding clause to deprive homeless people and others of their Charter rights would undermine the foundations of constitutional democracy in Canada.
drive.google.com/file/d/1F3hN...
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Letter to Ontario Premier Ford - December 2.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3hNH3XBxmRQHUI-SeMdTaqf7viRIaAn/view?usp=sharing
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reposted by
Carolyn Whitzman
12 months ago
Soaring development taxes punish new renters and buyers, while benefiting existing homeowners as free riders. They must be eliminated, in favour of progressive property wealth taxes and/or conditional transfers from provinces and feds.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: The true cost of soaring development charges on new homes
Ontario cities need to wean themselves from the habit of hiking fees on new builds in order to subsidize low property tax rates for current residents
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-the-true-cost-of-soaring-development-charges-on-new-homes/
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