On-line Resources: Income Security
Canadian Association of Food Banks
Website: www.cafb-acba.ca
The Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB) represents food banks in every
province. While they provide member food banks with groceries for people
in need day-to-day, they ultimately work toward a hunger-free Canada.
Centre for Social Justice
Website: www.socialjustice.org/
The Centre for Social Justice is an advocacy organization that seeks to strengthen
the struggle for social justice.
Citizens for Public Justice
Website: www.cpj.ca/
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ), is a national, non-partisan organization
which promotes justice in Canadian public affairs. They call for love, justice,
and stewardship through research, education and advocacy.
Campaign 2000
Website: www.campaign2000.ca
Campaign 2000, as part of FSA’s Social Reform Unit, is a cross-Canada
network of over 85 Canadian organizations committed to the 1989 House of Commons
resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
Income Security Advocacy Centre
Website: www.incomesecurity.org/index_1.html
The Income Security Advocacy Centre was established in 2001 by Legal Aid Ontario
to serve low income Ontarians by conducting test case and Charter litigation
relating to provincial and federal income security programs. ISAC’s
legal work deals with law reform, public legal education and community development.
Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC)
Website: http://www.isarc.ca/
The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) was born out of the
hope that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public
policies based upon greater justice and dignity for Ontarians marginalized
by poverty.
National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO)
Website: www.napo-onap.ca/
The National Anti-Poverty Organization works to ensure that the concerns of
low-income people in Canada are heard and respected. NAPO's mandate is to
provide a voice for poor people on a wide array of national issues that affect
low income communities disproportionately.
Pay the Rent, Feed the Kids
Website: www.paytherent.ca/
The Pay the Rent and Feed the Kids campaign is an effort to challenge the Ontario
provincial government to raise social assistance rates to reflect the actual
cost of living.
Poverty Profile
Website: http://www.ncwcnbes.net/htmdocument/reportpovertypro99/Introduction_e.htm Poverty
Profile is a regular report by the National Council of Welfare, using the
most recently available data. It is a comprehensive report about the dynamics,
depth and duration of poverty.
Welfare Incomes
Website: http://www.ncwcnbes.net/htmdocument/reportwelfinc02/Welfare2002_e.htm
Welfare Incomes is also a report by the National Council of Welfare, which
estimates the incomes of typical welfare recipients in each province and
territory for four family types. Also included are comparisons with the poverty
lines and average incomes, and data on welfare incomes as far back as 1986.
Government resources:
National Child Benefit
Website: http://www.nationalchildbenefit.ca/
