Housing report says cost of living puts human rights in Canada “at risk”
"As an alarming number of people in Canada face food insecurity, as well as increasing levels of poverty and homelessness, the fundamental human right to an adequate standard of living is at risk."
Canada’s economy is in such dire straits that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has labeled it a “risk” to human rights in their latest report, as poverty, inflation and the housing crisis continue to lower living standards.
“As an alarming number of people in Canada face food insecurity, as well as increasing levels of poverty and homelessness, the fundamental human right to an adequate standard of living is at risk. For people in Canada who were already facing long-standing and intersecting barriers to equity, the cost-of-living crisis has compounded those barriers,” reads the report.
