Finance committee  “Frustrating” is putting it so very lightly. When my cellphone is ringing off the hook with people—and they call me when they're desperate and have called everywhere else they can find—it's awful because there is nowhere for me to tell them to turn except that I will bring their

Finance committee  From our perspective, automatic tax filing and automatic benefit registrations are low-barrier ways to reduce poverty for low-income individuals, seniors and families. Putting the onus on individuals who may be dealing with a whole lot of other things in their lives to find a cli

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. The differential treatment between the three programs doesn't make any sense at all. This government said at the beginning of pandemic that they were not going to leave anybody behind. The dominant narrative was “just apply for CERB and we won't leav

Finance committee  Yes. That's it. Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you, honourable chair and committee members. Campaign 2000 is a pan-Canadian coalition of organizations working to end child and family poverty. I want to start by thanking you for inviting me to appear again today. I spoke about our priorities for budget 2023 back in Febr

Human Resources committee  Absolutely, and I would suggest making that the first top line.

Human Resources committee  Yes, definitely. There was a question earlier about the need, the gap in staffing of 40,000 and about having decent work legislated, offering wages that bring people up above the low-income measure and having those decent working conditions, as we've been discussing. ECE workers

Human Resources committee  Yes. These are mostly racialized women with precarious work hours who are barely making minimum wage in these jobs, and that creates a crisis in their families. These are also mothers who need to access and pay for child care. It is a benefit to have decent work with livable wage

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I would add that, from a poverty perspective, children below the age of six consistently have higher rates of child poverty. Oftentimes it's related to the mother's inability to earn an income and the high cost and lack of availability of infant child

Human Resources committee  I do not have that, but I am happy to see if I can find that and submit it to the committee.

Human Resources committee  We do absolutely believe...and have made some very specific recommendations for the guiding principles. We've actually rewritten that section that you refer to to ensure that all families, “families of all incomes, including low incomes, benefit from affordable early learning and

Human Resources committee  Good morning. Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear today. Campaign 2000 is a diverse, non-partisan coalition of over 120 organizations working to end child and family poverty. Together we represent every province and territory across the country. We came about in

Health committee  Thank you. I have talked a lot about the Canada child benefit and what can be done to broaden and enhance that. I think our bottom line is raising incomes for families. That goes a long way. Studies have shown how raising incomes in low-income families leads to better overall he

Health committee  Of the changes that need to be made, automatic tax filing will go a long way. It will help people who have filed taxes in previous years, for whom the CRA has information. They can automatically file taxes, and then individuals can go back in later and make any adjustments. That'

Health committee  There's a deep connection between material deprivation that comes along with not having access to those benefits.... There's a lot of money that is left on the table from families who are not filing taxes and don't have access to that money. That means children are going to schoo