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Le 15 juin 2009
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Meetings
of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills
and Social Development
and the Status of Persons with Disabilities ("HUMA")
(40th
PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION)
2009
[ version
française ]
Forty-five meetings of this Standing Committee took place from February to June of this year, and 38 of those meetings dealt with the "Federal Contribution to Reducing Poverty in Canada". Clicking the link above will open the Committee page with links to all of the meetings, but because there's NO index to the transcripts, you pretty much have to click every single meeting link to find out the names of the people who testified and their affiliations (under the "Minutes" column), along with the full transcript of their presentation and any question-and-answer followup (under"Evidence"). Check out the link above to see how frustrating it is to find *anything* on the HUMA site, then come back to this page and use the table of contents below to access the sessions that are more meaningful to you.
NOTE: Recommended Reading!!
Most
of the transcripts below are between 25 and 30 pages if printed, but some contain
45-50 pages of valuable information on poverty reduction and social programs in
Canada.
As a bonus, this page also contains:
* links
to some of the transcripts from the 2008 HUMA poverty reduction sessions
- from the previous Parliamentary session
* information
about how HUMA fits in with other current and recent Parliamentary studies of
poverty.
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Meeting
No. 43
June 9, 2009
Witnesses:
* Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus: Susan Eng, Anne Gravel
* Community
Foundations of Canada: Monica Patten, Sara Lyons
* Citizens for Public Justice:
Karri Munn-Venn
Evidence:
No evidence online
yet, as at June 15.
Click the "Meetings" link above to see if
the Evidence has been posted for this meeting.
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Meeting
No. 42
June 2, 2009
Witnesses:
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Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic: Avvy Yao-Yao Go
* From
the Street: Michael Creek
* Habitat for Humanity Canada: Wayne de Jong
*
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario: Theresa Agnew
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Meeting
No. 41
June 2, 2009
Witnesses:
* Canadian
Pensioners Concerned Inc.: Sylvia Hall
* Children's Aid Society of Toronto:
Colin Hughes
* FOR Women's Autonomy, Rights and Dignity (FORWARD): Patricia
Cummings-Diaz
* Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Diana Capponi
*
Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association: Diana Summers
* Ontario March of Dimes:
Steven Christianson
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Meeting
No. 40
June 2, 2009
Witnesses:
* Wellesley
Institute: Michael Shapcott
* Recession Relief Fund Coalition: John Andras
*
Childcare Resource and Research Unit: Martha Friendly
* Green Pastures Society:
Kofi Hadjor
* Citizen's Income Toronto: Tim Rourke
* South Asian Women's
Rights Organization: Sultana Jahangir
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Meeting
No. 39
June 2, 2009
Witnesses:
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Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI): Barbara A. Gosse
* Elementary
Teachers' Federation of Ontario: Barbara Burkett
* Ontario
Teachers' Federation: Reno Melatti
* Toronto City Summit
Alliance: John Stapleton
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Meeting
No. 38
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Witnesses:
*
Ontario Coalition for Social Justice (OCSJ): David Langille
* Pathways to Education
Canada: David Hughes
* Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB): Adam Spence
* Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI): Debbie Douglas
*
Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG): Edna Toth
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Meeting
No. 37
June 1, 2009
Witnesses:
* Lone
Mothers: Building Social Inclusion: Judit Alcalde
* Low Income Families Together
(LIFT): Josephine Grey
* Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada: Yves Savoie
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As an individual: John Myles, University of Toronto
* Hamilton Roundtable for
Poverty Reduction: Mark Chamberlain
* Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC):
Sarah Blackstock
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Meeting
No. 36
June 1, 2009
Witnesses:
* COSTI
Immigrant Services: Mario Calla
* Humanity First: Naumana Khan
* Community
Social Planning Council of Toronto: John Campey
* Colour of Poverty Campaign:
Grace-Edward Galabuzi
* As an individual: Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse.
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Meeting
No. 35
Monday, June 1, 2009
Witnesses:
*
Canadian Business for Social Responsibility: Wendy Campbell
* Canadian Jewish
Congress: Melanie Simons
* Canadian Women's Foundation: Beverley Wybrow
*
C.D. Howe Institute: Claire de Oliveira
* Canadian Arab Federation (CAF): Mohamed
Boudjenane
* Canadian Council of Churches: Maylanne Maybee, Peter Noteboom
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Meeting
No. 34
June 1, 2009
Witnesses:
* AfriCana
Village and Museum: Trevor David
* Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians:
John Rae
* Frontier College: Sherry Campbell
* ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation:
Margaret Eaton
* Atkinson Charitable Foundation: John Stapleton
* African
Canadian Legal Clinic: Marie Chen, Heather Kere
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Meeting
No. 33
June 1, 2009
Witnesses:
* Food
Banks Canada: Shawn Pegg
* As an individual: Rev. Ronald Berresford
* Brampton
Neighbourhood Resource Centre: Daniel Cullen
* South Etobicoke Social Reform
Committee: Patricia Smiley
* Campaign 2000: Laurel Rothman
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Meeting
No. 32
May 28, 2009
Witnesses:
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Institute of Marriage and Family Canada: Dave Quist
*
Mennonite Central Committee Canada: Greg deGroot-Maggetti
*
United Way of Canada: Émilie Potvin
* United
Way Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches: Pierre Métivier
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Meeting
No. 31
May 26, 2009
Witnesses:
* Association
of Canadian Community Colleges: Terry Anne Boyles
* Canadian Teachers' Federation:
Emily Noble, Calvin Fraser
* Canadian Federation of University Women: Susan
Russell
* Canadian Council on Learning: Paul Cappon
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Meeting
No. 30
May 13, 2009
Witnesses:
* Front
commun des personnes assistées sociales du Québec: Nicole Jetté
* Maison de la famille de Laval-Ouest: Annie Pothier
* Front d'action populaire
en réaménagement urbain: François Saillant
* Association
coopérative d’économie familiale de la Rive-Sud de Montréal
: Marie-Édith Trudel
* Maison des jeunes de Laval Ouest: Francis Vermette
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Meeting
No. 29
May 13, 2009
Witnesses:
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Confédération des syndicats nationaux: Denise Boucher
*
Regroupement des cuisines collectives du Québec: Germaine Chevrier, Thérèse
Mazerolle
* Union des consommateurs : Élisabeth
Gibeau
* Jardin de la Famille de Fabreville: Janine
L'Archevêque
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Meeting
No. 28
May 13, 2009
Witnesses:
* Centrale
des syndicats démocratiques: Claude Faucher
* Au bas de l'échelle:
Mélanie Gauvin
* Centrale des syndicats du Québec: Daniel Lafrenière,
Nicole de Sève
* AGAPE: Betty McLeod, Sylvie St-Martin
* Assembly
of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador: Ghislain Picard
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Meeting
No. 27
May 12, 2009
Witnesses:
* Business
Community Anti-Poverty Initiative Inc.: Monica Chaperlin
* Salvus Clinic: Susan
Crouse, MD.
* Volunteer Centre of Charlotte County Inc.: Donna Linton
*
Vibrant Communities Saint John: Wendy MacDermott
* As an individual: Sue Rickards,
Community Development
* Voice of Real Poverty Inc.: Bethany Thorne-Dykstra
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Meeting
No. 26
May 12, 2009
Witnesses:
* New Brunswick
Non-Profit Housing Association: Gary Glauser
* New Brunswick Association of
Social Workers: Miguel LeBlanc
* As an individual: Leah Levac
* Karing Kitchen
Inc.: Lillian MacMellon
* Poverty Reduction Initiative: Phyllis Mockler-Caissie
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Meeting
No. 25
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Witnesses:
*
Fundy Community Foundation: John Castell
* Fredericton Homeless Shelters: Brian
Duplessis
* As an individual: Mr. Bernard Richard, Ombudsman and Child and
Youth Advocate
* Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization: Dan Weston
* John
Howard Society of New Brunswick: Kelly Wilson
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Meeting
No. 24
May 12, 2009
Witnesses:
* Chignecto
Presbytery of the United Church of Canada: Steve Berubé
* Common Front
for Social Justice of New Brunswick: Auréa Cormier
* New Brunswick Coalition
for Pay Equity: Johanne Perron
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Meeting
No. 23
May 11, 2009
Witnesses:
* YWCA
Halifax: Tanis Crosby
* Salvation Army: Robert Lundrigan
* United Way of
Halifax Region: Paul Shakotko
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Meeting
No. 22
May 11, 2009
Witnesses:
* Phoenix
Youth Programs: Timothy Crooks
* North End Community Health Centre: Sharon
Lawlor, Patti Melanson
* Women's Centres Connect: Louise Smith MacDonald
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Meeting
No. 21
May 11, 2009
Witnesses:
* Saint
Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia: Michael Poworoznyk
* Face of Poverty Consultation:
Alasdair Sinclair
* Canadian Union of Public Employees - Nova Scotia: Betty
Jean Sutherland
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Meeting
No. 20
May 11, 2009
Witnesses:
* Community
Action on Homelessness: Claudia Jahn
* Community Coalition to End Poverty in
Nova Scotia: Rene Ross
* Nova Scotia Legal Aid: Andrew Waugh
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Meeting
No. 19
May 7, 2009
Witnesses:
* Active
Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability: Jane Arkell, Jason Dunkerley,
*
DisAbled Women's Network of Canada: Bonnie L. Brayton
* Canadian Paraplegic
Association: Bruce Drewett, Courtney Keenan
* Independent Living Canada: Rick
Goodfellow
* Canadian Association for Community Living: Anna Macquarrie
*
Council of Canadians with Disabilities: Marie White
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Meeting
No. 17
April 30, 2009
Witnesses:
*
Mental Health Commission of Canada: Jayne Barker, Howard Chodos, Hon. Michael
J. L. Kirby, Micheal Pietrus,
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Meeting
No. 16
April 28, 2009
Witnesses:
* Canada
Without Poverty: John Courtneidge, Kelly Law
* Make Poverty History: Dennis
Howlett
* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Armine Yalnizyan
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Meeting
No. 15
April 23, 2009
Witnesses:
* Co-operative
Housing Federation of Canada: Nicholas Gazzard
* Canadian Housing and Renewal
Association: Geoff Gillard
* Canadian Co-operative Association: Lynne Markell
*
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation: Bruce Porter
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Meeting
No. 13
April 2, 2009
Witnesses:
* Canadian
Mental Health Association: Taylor Alexander, Ruth-Anne Craig
* Ottawa Salus
Corporation: Carolyn Buchan, Margaret Singleton
* National Network for Mental
Health: Carmela Hutchison
* Causeway Work Centre: Don Palmer
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Meeting
No. 12
March 31, 2009
Witnesses:
* Child
Care Advocacy Association of Canada: Jody Dallaire
* Canadian Feminist Alliance
for International Action: Leilani Farha
* Canadian Paediatric Society: Andrew
Lynk, Chair
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Meeting
No. 11
March 24, 2009
Witnesses:
*
As an individual: Alain Noël, Université de Montréal.
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Meeting
No. 10
March 12, 2009
Witnesses:
* As
an individual: Right Hon. Iain Duncan Smith, Founder and Chairman, Centre for
Social Justice
* Government of Ontario: Hon. Deb Matthews
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Meeting
No. 9
March 10, 2009
Witnesses:
* Caledon
Institute of Social Policy: Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman
* Centre for the Study
of Living Standards: Andrew Sharpe
* Canadian Policy Research Networks: Glen
Roberts, Michael Williamson, Nicole Pollack
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Meeting
No. 6
February 26, 2009
Witnesses:
*
Department of Human Resources and Skills Development: Frank Fedyk, Shawn Tupper
* Statistics Canada: Sylvie Michaud, Garnett Picot
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Source:
Standing
Committee on Human Resources, Skills
and Social Development and the Status
of Persons with Disabilities
[ Parliament
of Canada ]
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The
federal contribution to reducing poverty in Canada: HUMA
Meetings (39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION) Valuable insights on poverty and poverty measurement in Canada and elsewhere in the world --- recommended reading! Meeting
No. 38 (41 printed pages) Meeting
No. 37 (42 printed pages) Meeting
No 25 (45 printed pages) Meeting
24 (43 printed pages) Meeting
No. 23 (40+ printed pages) Source:
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How HUMA fits in with other current and recent Parliamentary studies of poverty:
If
you're confused about who's studying poverty these days on Parliament Hill, welcome
to the club!
First, there's the Subcommittee on Cities of the Standing Senate
Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, studying poverty, housing
and homelessness. (Senator Art Eggleton is Chair)
Second, there's the Standing
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry that's been looking into rural poverty.
(Senator Hugh Segal is Chair)
Third, the House of Commons Standing Committee
on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
("HUMA") examining the possibility of a national strategy on poverty.
(Dean Allison, M.P., is Chair). More info about each of these three initiatives
appears below.
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1. Poverty, housing and homelessness
In November, 2007, the Senate of Canada authorized the Subcommittee on Cities of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to examine and report on (no later than June 30, 2009) current social issues pertaining to Canada's largest cities. In particular, the Committee was authorized to examine: * poverty * housing and homelessness * social infrastructure * social cohesion * immigrant settlement * crime * transportation * the role of the largest cities in Canada's economic development. The Committee chose to focus first on poverty, housing and homelessness; it held seven meetings and heard from 32 individuals representing 20 organizations on the theme of poverty, housing and homelessness. Click the link below to read the Committee's first report, on poverty, housing and homelessness
Poverty,
Housing and Homelessness: Issues and Options
(PDF - 696K, 96 pages)
First Report of the Subcommittee on Cities
of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
[ Chair : The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C. ]
June 2008
Related Media Advisory:
Poverty
in Canada: 38 Years On
June 26, 2008
Since the landmark 1970
Croll Report brought the issue of poverty out of the shadows, the Senate has frequently
revisited the crushing effects of poverty on Canadians. Today the Senate Subcommittee
on Cities has tabled its report Poverty, Housing, and Homelessness: Issues and
Options touching on Canada's largest metropolitan areas, complementing the work
done this Parliamentary session by the
Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on rural poverty.
Source:
Subcommittee
on Cities
[ Standing
Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology ]
[
more
reports by this Committee - 39th Parliament, 2nd Session ]
[ All
Senate Committee reports - 39th Parliament, 2nd Session ]
Related links:
No
progress on poverty
August 9, 2008
The Chronicle-Herald
In
1970, a special Senate committee, chaired by Senator David Croll, examined poverty
in Canada. The Croll Report, as it came to be known, brought poverty out of the
shadows and focused public attention on a problem many would prefer to have ignored.
(...) Today, 38 years later, the challenge of poverty still echoes and the "ugly
subculture of poverty" that Croll described is still a way of life for far
too many of our fellow citizens.
Source:
Issues
: Poverty (see the links in the left margin to more articles about the work
of Senator Eggleton's Committee)
[ Art
Eggleton's website ]
Art Eggleton is a Senator from Toronto and
Chair
of the Senate
Subcommittee on Cities
of the
Standing
Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
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On
the road to reduce poverty
July 7, 2008
By Carol Goar
The
experts and activists have spoken. Now the Senate committee examining urban poverty
wants to hear from the people. This summer, Senator Art Eggleton and his five
colleagues (three Liberals, two Conservatives) head out to ask Canadians what
they want to see in a national poverty reduction plan, how it should be designed
and who should pay for it. They'll visit eastern Canada in August, Toronto and
Montreal in September and the four western provinces in October. The
committee will provide witnesses with a 90-page report that distils the testimony
it has heard over the past 18 months and sets out a list of options – 103
in fact – ranging from the complete replacement of the current income support
with a guaranteed annual income to a few low-cost adjustments.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
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2. Rural poverty:
Standing
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
39th Parliament, 2nd Session
(October 16, 2007 toSeptember 7, 2008)
NOTE : includes links to all nine
reports of this Standing Committee tabled during this Parliamentary session
[
Parliament of Canada
website ]
Beyond
Freefall: Halting Rural Poverty
Final Report of the Standing Senate Committee
on Agriculture and Forestry (PDF - 2.3MB, 408 pages)
June 2008
(report tabled June 16/08)
Contents:
Section I: Putting rural Canada
back on the policy agenda
Section II: Re-invigorating rural economies to reduce
poverty
Section III : Rethinking social policy:
*** Building a Poverty Reduction
Strategy Around a Guaranteed Annual Income
***Making Work Pay and Helping Families
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An Enhanced Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB)
*** Easing the Tax-Filing Burden
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Food Banks – Tax Measures to Encourage Donations
*** Developing Better
Measures of Rural Poverty
*** Education - rural housing - crime and justice
- health care
Section IV: The healthy community approach
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3.
House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and
the Status of Persons with Disabilities ("HUMA")
[this is the
page you're now reading.]
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Miscellaneous related links:
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MPs
from all parties set to tackle poverty
Committee plans to look at Regent
Park's success with education program
April 4, 2008
By Richard Brennan
OTTAWA–A
parliamentary committee is setting out to establish the framework for a national
poverty strategy by meeting with groups and individuals across Canada already
doing their bit to help the poor. The Human Resources and Social Development Committee
decided yesterday it is high time for a plan, which would ultimately require federal
government approval, to tackle the growing problem.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
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