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Chiefs of Ontario call for urgent implementation of 2021 water settlement and legislation as a third of Ontario First Nations face drinking water advisories
Press Release (Ottawa, Ont.–Dec. 3, 2025) After years of unacceptable delays, Chiefs of Ontario is demanding the Government of Canada stop delaying implementing the 2021 First Nations class action settlement…
Government Introduces Legislation to Expand Definition of Interpersonal Abuse
Press Release November 6, 2025 Today government introduced The Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act, which expands the definition of interpersonal violence in The Victims of Interpersonal Violence Act to include…
Viens Commission: Progress Remains Insufficient, according to the Quebec Ombudsman
Press Release WENDAKE, QC, Nov. 6, 2025 – The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) welcome…
2025 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the Parliament of Canada on behalf of the Auditor General of Canada – Federal organizations’ actions to reduce poverty achieved limited results
Press Release Ottawa, November 6, 2025—A report released today by Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry V. DeMarco on behalf of the Auditor General of Canada concluded that most actions…
Government of Canada tables the 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty
Press Release From: Employment and Social Development Canada October 30, 2025 On October 28, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic…
Ontario Ombudsman deplores unacceptable conditions in Neskantaga First Nation, calls for urgent action
Press Release Paul Dubé: “No community in a country as prosperous as Canada should have to endure what Neskantaga First Nation is facing” (TORONTO – September 19, 2025) Ontario Ombudsman…
Canadians count on MPs to make health care a nation-building priority
Press Release September 15, 2025 As members of Parliament return to Ottawa this week with an ambitious agenda for unpredictable times, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) urges Prime Minister Mark…
Chiefs of Ontario call on healing for residential survivors and their communities not to be forgotten amidst push for economic projects
Press Release (Toronto, Ont.—July 3, 2025) — The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) have adopted a resolution at the 2025 Annual Chiefs Assembly, calling on the Governments of Canada and Ontario…
New Sectoral Table will advise how government can better support the care economy
Press Release From: Employment and Social Development Canada March 19, 2025 The care economy, which encompasses both unpaid and paid care, provides crucial care and support to all generations, including…
Kids Help Phone Celebrates CEO Katherine Hay’s Appointment to the Senate of Canada
Press Release TORONTO (ON), March 13, 2025 — Kids Help Phone (KHP) is proud to share that its President & CEO, Katherine (Kathy) Hay, has been appointed to serve in…
