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Human Resources committee StreetLevel's membership is comprised of leaders from 13 Canadian Christian agencies that work among our nation's poor and homeless and are dedicated to addressing systemic, sociological, economic, cultural, and spiritual deficits that contribute to poverty and homelessness in Ca
November 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Julia Beazley
Human Resources committee Providing Bill C-304 the study and consideration it merits is a strong step in the right direction. Canadians are waiting to hear a vision from our leaders for poverty reduction and a plan for housing in Canada. We recognize and applaud measures taken by the federal government
November 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Julia Beazley
Human Resources committee As Canadians whose faith calls us to engage with the poor and homeless, we ask that the government maintain space for us to participate in the discussion and implementation of the housing strategy. In a recent submission to the finance committee on the budget, we recommended tha
November 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Julia Beazley
Human Resources committee In conclusion, the time has come for collaborative, coordinated action in Canada on affordable housing. The government has an opportunity, in Bill C-304, to show vision and leadership in initiating the development of a strategy. We encourage all parliamentarians to seize this opp
November 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Julia Beazley
Human Resources committee Also, I think the agencies within StreetLevel are intimately and directly involved in the lives of people living in poverty who are homeless. There's a real understanding of cause-and-effect relationships, of what it actually takes to move someone off the streets into housing, an
November 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Julia Beazley
Human Resources committee We made reference in our presentation to taking the 30,000 foot level vision; we weren't sure if the expression was 50,000 or 30,000. I think it's great and the stimulus money is good. Directing funds towards initiatives is really good, but what's lacking is that high-level view
November 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Julia Beazley