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Feb 25, 2019

Toronto denies justice and human rights in homelessness crisis

Cathy Crowe

A UN report defends access to legal advocacy in the right to housing. Meanwhile, Toronto denied its homelessness crisis emergency status, choosing instead to spare no cost to fix potholes.

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Feb 6, 2019

Toronto city council votes against declaring homelessness crisis an emergency, now what?

Cathy Crowe

Last week, Toronto's city council decided homelessness -- which affects over 200,000 people -- does not qualify as an emergency. But the failed measure isn't an excuse not to act.

Podcast

Oct 18, 2018

The Other Toronto: Phillip Dwight Morgan shares thoughts on the Toronto municipal election

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A campaign like no other -- Phillip Dwight Morgan talks about the surprises, successes and disappointments in the weeks leading up to the Toronto municipal election.

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Oct 13, 2018

Housing should be a human right and so should shelter

Cathy Crowe

While campaigns for a national right to housing flourish, the same attention is not paid to the right to shelter.

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Aug 21, 2018

Hundreds say 'homes not hate groups' as they defend DisconTent City in Nanaimo

Brent Patterson

Nanaimo residents mount a spirited defence of DisconTent City after the Soldiers of Odin threaten to shut it down.

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Aug 17, 2018

Memeing away foreign policy alternatives: weekly news roundup

Sophia Reuss

The majority of this week’s roundup revolves around the Trudeau government’s failure to deliver on many of its progressive promises -- and the hollowness of those promises in the first place.

Podcast

Jul 10, 2018

People with lived experience of homelessness walking for justice

Talking Radical Radio

Kym Hines, Hugh Lampkin and Cynthia Travers talk about the Poor Persons Walk, an action taking place later in July in several British Columbia communities.

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Jun 26, 2018

Fighting homelessness in Ontario's past and in its Doug Ford future

Talking Radical Radio

Street nurse Cathy Crowe speaks about her decades of involvement in struggles against homelessness and for social justice in Ontario, and about what that experience tells her about facing Doug Ford.

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Jun 21, 2018

Toronto's silence on tuberculosis reinforces the mantra that silence equals death

Cathy Crowe

Even after a micro-outbreak of tuberculosis in the homeless population in the early 2000s that saw deaths, the city still doesn't get it.

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Jun 17, 2018

Faulkner Inquest proceedings avoid the 'H' word

Cathy Crowe

Recent inquest into the death of Grant Faulkner, who died in January 2015, excluded evidence on affordable housing, shelter availability, or the effectiveness of the cold weather alert system.

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