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• Call to Action from the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association:
  Support the Reinstatement of the Census Long Form
   

• NAHA's 16TH Annual Housing Conference
   

• BILL C-304 BACK TO PARLIAMENT FOR THIRD READING
  
  Bill C-304 – An Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians – is back into Parliament for third and final reading.  The Bill will be debated for one hour in the House of Commons on Wednesday 5 May 2010.
  
  National NGOs, Quebec groups and Aboriginal organizations are urging all parties to support the Bill.
  
  Please forward these Press Releases to your member of Parliament, because we need all MPs to get behind and support this important Bill, to ensure it is passed.

  • Parliament Poised to Adopt Bill to End Homelessness
    Posted May 5, 2010
     

  • Le Parlement s’apprête à adopter un projet de loi pour mettre fin à l’itinérance
    Posted May 5, 2010

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• Canada Without Poverty is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Broadbent, P.C., C.C., Ph.D.,  as Canada Without Poverty’s first Honorary Director
   
• 2010 PROCLAIMED YEAR OF THE MÉTIS BY CANADA, ONTARIO AND SASKATCHEWAN
  
  2010 Proclamée <L'Année des Métis> au Canada, Ontario et Saskatchewan*
  
  The following Motion was adopted in the House of Commons of Canada Dec. 9th, 2009 by unanimous consent:
  
  "That, in the opinion of the House, the government should utilize next year, 2010, to commemorate the Year of the Métis in recognition of the 125th anniversary of the historic events of 1885 in Saskatchewan; and further, the government should recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions of the Métis Nation across Canada which have enriched the lives of all Canadians socially, economically, politically and culturally."
  
  La motion suivante fut adoptée par la Chambre des communes du Canada le 9 decembre, 2009 par consentement unanime:
  
  "Que, de l'avis de la Chambre, le gouvernement devrait profiter de l'année 2010 pour commémorer L'Année des Métis et ainsi reconnaître le 125ième anniversaire des événements historiques de 1885 en Saskatchewan; de plus, le gouvernement devrait reconnaitre et célébrer les inestimables contributions de la Nation métisse à travers le Canada qui ont enrichi les vies de tous les Canadiens aux niveaux social, économique, politique et culturel."

  NAHA is very pleased by the fact that the Government of Canada has extended this note recognition to the Métis in this country.
   

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• Canada Without Poverty announces appointment of Marc Laferriere (MSW, RSW) to its Board of Directors
  Posted June 14, 2010
   

• Canada Without Poverty / Canada sans pauvreté is pleased to announce the founding of its sister organization, the CWP Advocacy Network / Réseau de revendication CSP

  • Overview

  • Donation Form
    Posted May 25, 2010
     

• A letter from Chief Arvol Looking Horse
  Posted May 22, 2010
  
  

• CPJ Releases New Report on the Recession and Poverty
  Posted May 5, 2010
   

• We can't afford not to take on poverty
  By Art Eggleton and Hugh Segal, Citizen Special
  posted January 7, 2010