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Canada’s first federal housing advocate released her first-ever formal review last week: Housing is a human right and the federal government is failing people who are unhoused and violating a 2019 law by not providing adequate housing. That has led directly to a poverty and encampment crisis affecting cities and towns across Canada, leaving thousands of people struggling to survive.
Marie-Josée Houle, Canada’s federal housing advocate, joins the show to explain the full findings of her report and the pressure on governments to act now.
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