Sep 30, 2021
Kaitlin Schwan and Khulud Baig from the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network and authors of a new survey, The Pan-Canadian Women’s Housing and Homelessness Survey released Sept. 29, talk to us about the chilling results. This is the largest and first-ever national survey of women experiencing...
Sep 23, 2021
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ) is an Inuk woman and human rights defender. She was elected as an MP in 2019 but chose not to run again in the recent election. Originally from Baker Lake, Mumilaaq has worked with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., The Quality of Life Secretariat in the Government...
Sep 16, 2021
Five million people in Canada didn’t know if they were going to
make rent on September 1. Housing affordability and renters’ rights
are key election issues—how are federal party
promises faring compared to this country’s rental crisis? Hear from
leading experts on affordability, evictions, and renter...
Sep 15, 2021
This election is about housing. We are joined by rights and policy experts Garima Talwar Kapoor-Maytree, Justin Marchan- CHRA Indigenous Caucus, and Ricardo Tranjan-Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. They walk us through their analysis of federal party platform commitments on housing and homelessness. This is...
Sep 14, 2021
We’re joined by experts Leilani Farha, Eric Weissman and Zain
Velji who talk to us about campaigning during a pandemic, housing
and policy issues voters should consider this
election. This is the third episode of our special election series
on housing and homelessness as voters in Canada head to the
polls.