C2000 News/Events

December 3, 2024

On December 3 – the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Disability Without Poverty and Campaign 2000 released the 2024 Disability Poverty Report Card, a critical evaluation of Canada’s failure to address disability poverty. Read the press release This year’s report highlights the stark realities faced by over 1.5 million Canadians with disabilities, with poverty… Continue reading 2024 Disability Report: Canada earns an F on addressing disability poverty

November 18, 2024

It’s been 35 years since the federal government promised to uphold children’s rights by ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and eradicate child poverty by the year 2000 by passing a unanimous resolution in the House of Commons. Campaign 2000 is commemorating this day with the release of their suite of… Continue reading Ending child poverty: the time is now