Submissions
CPI Submission to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
This brief provides an assessment and recommendations to the federal government with respect to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. Through this brief, it is our intention to shed light on the intersection of environmental concerns and poverty. While The Government of Canada is working to prioritize and strategize Canada’s plan for addressing environmental issues, the Canadian Poverty Institute asks the federal government to consider strategies that would inform equitable policy, speak to the inter-connected nature of the environment and poverty, and plan for long-term sustainability for all Canadians. June 2022
Protecting Canada’s Vulnerable Workforce in a Digital Age.
The brief provides background and recommendations to The Government of Canada for reforms to protect precarious workers in the gig economy. Fulfilling Canada’s commitments to the progressive realization of economic rights requires new and innovative approaches to employment standards and social protection. April 2021.
This brief provides background and recommendations to The City of Calgary for the development of its Environment Strategy. As poverty and the environment intersect in important ways, it is critical that Calgary’s Environment Strategy embody principles of Environmental Justice where all people, regardless of gender, age, race or socioeconomic status, are entitled to equal protection under environmental laws and to participate in environmental decision making in their community. April 2021.
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council On the Occasion of the 3rd Universal Periodic Review of Canada. October 5, 2017. Submitted by Canada Without Poverty, Alternatives North, BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, the Canadian Poverty Institute, Downtown Mission of Windsor, Fredericton's Community Action Group on Homelessness, Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS Canada), Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Niagara Poverty Reduction Network, Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry, the Temiskaming Native Women's Group, and Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.
Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy: Submission to the Ministry of Families, Children and Social Development. October 2017.
Submission to the Alberta Ministry of Labour of Labour on Proposed Increases to the Provincial Minimum Wage. June, 2016.