People bearing the brunt of the housing crisis need to be at the centre of solutions
On National Housing Day, Marie-Josée Houle, Federal Housing Advocate, issues the following statement. A version of this story was published in Le Devoir (French only) on November 22, 2024.
Media advisory – New report to call attention to Métis housing conditions and press for solutions in Saskatchewan
The groups, including Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle, President of Métis Nation – Saskatchewan Glen McCallum, and Loretta King, Metis-Nation – Saskatchewan’s Infrastructure and Housing Minister, will also meet with federal ministers and senators in Ottawa that day to discuss the recommendations and advocate for solutions.
Federal response to encampments a step forward, and work must continue
Across Canada, people continue to be forced to live in public spaces because they have nowhere else to go. This national human rights crisis calls for a national response.
Honouring Truth, Embracing Reconciliation
To mark September 30th, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Canadian Human Rights Commission issues the following statement
Equal pay is about all of us
Today, on International Equal Pay Day, we are calling on all business leaders in Canada to be pay equity champions and to continue to take the necessary action towards closing the gender pay gap. Federally regulated employers were required to post their first pay equity plan on September 3, 2024, and we are encouraged to see organizations demonstrating their commitment to pay equity.
Honouring and protecting the distinct rights of Indigenous peoples
On the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, Interim Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, issues the following statement
Joint news release – New project confirms people with disabilities are overrepresented in all aspects of inadequate housing and homelessness
A new monitoring project confirms that people with disabilities are overrepresented in nearly all aspects of inadequate housing and homelessness. It provides clear evidence of what people with disabilities in Canada have been saying for many years: their fundamental human right to housing is being violated.
Human rights-based solutions to housing financialization are urgently needed
The Federal Housing Advocate welcomes the new report by the review panel on the Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing, which was released on May 29.
Independent Indigenous human rights system is overdue
The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Final Report on Call for Justice 1.7 by the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministerial Special Representative, Jennifer Moore Rattray, which was released last week. We applaud the work of the Ministerial Special Representative and are pleased to join the collective call for independent human rights mechanisms for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Making the right to housing a reality by putting people first
Canada’s housing situation has reached a crisis point. While there has been some progress, we have much work ahead of us.