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Man in a ball cap points a scanner gun at a tall row of shelves filled with boxes of food.

Budget 2026 offers help, but won’t reach everyone who needs it

An aerial perspective shows two tractors moving side by side along long rows of carrots as they are loaded into boxes on the two flatbeds.

Canada’s food security strategy leaves too much off the table

People rush past a man sitting on the street wrapped in a blanket.

Canada can choose to prevent youth homelessness. The U.K. shows the way

Line drawing of two sets of scales.

To understand poverty, governments need more than one measure

Volunteers wearing green safety vests sort and pack food donations into cardboard boxes at a food bank warehouse.

Canada is too rich to be failing this badly on economic and social rights

An illustration showing a red line graph knocking apart a bag of groceries.

One poverty measure cannot capture Canada’s economic hardship

Healthcare workers wearing Ebola protective suits hold two young children at a treatment center in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

When aid retreats, Ebola advances

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

Low-income households should be a priority for federal energy efficiency funding

Une zone plutôt qu’un seuil : repenser la mesure de la pauvreté
Chronique

Dismantling vicious cycle of poverty and systemic racism should guide criminal justice reform

Sortir du racisme systémique

A feminist approach to ending poverty after COVID-19

Post-pandemic rebuild should also address global poverty

Lessons from the US on reducing child poverty

Why we need to fix Canada’s new measure of poverty

The Poverty Reduction Act toothless but not pointless

How the First Poverty Reduction Strategy can be improved

Build the Indigenous economy to address poverty

Rights-based approach key to alleviating poverty

Poverty strategy a strong start, but there’s more to do

Un pas en avant dans la lutte contre la pauvreté
Chronique

Social assistance requires more accountability and federal leadership

Measuring poverty? Let’s get empirical

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