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

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

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

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

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

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