Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty welcomes the federal government’s April 1 announcement of the National School Food Program. Children in Canada will now have access to an important safety net to mitigate hunger at school.  The federal government’s investment in the National School Food Program demonstrates its commitment to the well-being of Canada’s children and youth. And while Campaign 2000 commends the federal government for launching this program, the coalition is calling for further investment in income security measures, like the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), to adequ ..read more

Campaign 2000 releases its annual report on child and family poverty, Unprecedented Progress on Poverty Reduction Being Undone. The report finds that in 2021, despite the historic progress achieved in 2020, Canada saw a sharp upswing in national child poverty rates. As pandemic benefits wound down and the cost of living rose, poverty rates rebounded, resulting in over 1 million children living in poverty. Using tax filer data from 2021, the latest available, this update finds that the child poverty rate rose to 15.6%, up from 13.5% in 2020 (using the Census Family Low Income Measure, After Tax ..read more

For Immediate Release – Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty is calling on the federal government to accelerate efforts to eliminate poverty and fulfill its human rights obligations as rising costs of living affect communities from coast to coast to coast. The call comes as Canada and other UN member states convene in New York for the 2nd SDGs Summit and Action Weekend to mark the halfway point to the deadline set for achieving Agenda 2030. “Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is grounded in a human rights framework, requires urgency and political will from all ..read more

The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition released the first Yukon Poverty Report Card in March 2021 as part of Campaign 2000’s annual assessment of child and family poverty in Canada. The report provided an overview of current data regarding the prevalence of poverty in the Yukon as well as relevant indicators related to the housing crisis, food insecurity, and affordability. The report concluded with ten recommendations to reduce poverty and to improve the health and wellness of children, youth, and families throughout the territory. Yukon Poverty Report Card 2022 provides a status update on the key ..read more

Written Submission of Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty Campaign 2000 is a non-partisan pan-Canadian coalition of over 120 organizations working to end child and family poverty.  The coalition came about in response to the 1989 federal resolution to end child poverty by the year 2000.   For more than 30 years, Campaign 2000 has been monitoring and tracking rates of child and family poverty and presenting achievable federal policy solutions through annual reporting.  From inception, Campaign 2000 has researched and written about the role of housing in experiences o ..read more

Campaign 2000 has submitted a set of budget recommendations in advance of the release of the 2024 Federal Budget.   We call on the Federal government to invest in childcare, affordable and accessible housing, equity, ending income inequality, clawbacks, and much more in order to eradicate child and family poverty. Download or read the full submission below. Pre-Budget 2024 Submission, House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance August 4, 2023 Recommendations: Remove growth restrictions and add binding conditions to the Canada Social Transfer ($2B). Reverse reductions to the CCB ($1.45 ..read more

Statistics Canada is undertaking their third comprehensive review of the Official Poverty Line, the Market Basket Measure, or MBM.  Campaign 2000 was invited to make a submission to help identify themes and issues to guide their review.  Campaign 2000’s position is that the MBM is too narrow of a definition of poverty, excludes many who have higher rates of poverty and results in poverty rates that appear lower than what is experienced in communities.  You can read the full submission here. The post Submission to the Comprehensive Review of the Official Poverty Line appeared fir ..read more

Join Campaign 2000, Citizens for Public Justice and Canada Without Poverty for a three-part virtual roundtable series on poverty and human rights. In 2015, Canada committed to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  These goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global call to action to achieve social, economic and environmental prosperity.  Enshrined in the 2030 Agenda is a commitment “to realize human rights for all,” including economic, social and cultural rights. The Localizing Canada’s Commitment to the Sustainable Development Go ..read more

We are asking for your support to sign and share the House of Commons E-Petition calling for an immediate stop of clawbacks to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB).  The petition closes on January 19, 2023, at 9:14 a.m. (EDT). Although pandemic income supports have all ended, families continue to have their CCB payments confiscated along with other tax credits.  The CCB is Canada’s signature poverty reduction program, but a recent Parliamentary Budget Office report shows that approximately 791,000 families will have their payments reduced by an average $606 in the 2022/2023 benefit year as ..read more

The Auditor General’s report released last week on COVID-19 benefits is a cause for concern say anti-poverty advocates.  The report, which calls for a more vigorous post-payment verification and repayment process for individuals, will drive more people into deeper poverty while it lets corporations who benefitted from the pandemic off the hook. Data show that marginalized workers – women, Indigenous, racialized, young, low income, and with precarious labour market attachment – were more likely to receive pandemic benefits.  These benefits led to significant reductions in poverty and ..read more