Advocacy - Campaign 2000

Campaign 2000 is active in leading and supporting advocacy campaigns to end child and family poverty.. We are non-partisan and lobby all parties at the federal, provincial and territorial levels for improved national child benefits, social housing, child care, good jobs, labour market supports, community services and other relevant policy areas.

Submissions | Letters | Articles

Submissions

Pre-Budget 2026 Submission, House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance –
(April 22, 2026)

Pre-Budget 2025 Submission in Advance to the Fall 2025 Budget, House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (July 31, 2025)

Campaign 2000’s written submission to the Neha review panel on the right to safe, adequate and affordable housing of women, Two Spirit, Trans, and gender-diverse people (April 15, 2025)

C2000 Submission to the National Housing Council’s Review on the Financialization of Housing (August 31, 2023)

Pre-Budget 2024 Submission, House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (August 4, 2023)

Submission to the Comprehensive Review of the Official Poverty Line (July 31, 2023)

Submission Regarding the Government of Canada’s Response to Questions 10 and 16 of List of Issues (CRC/C/CAN/Q/5-6), Regarding violations of articles 3, 16 and 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (April 20, 2022)

Budget 2023 Submission, House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance ( October 12, 2022 )

Federal Budget Consultations 2021 ( February 18, 2021 )

2021 Federal Pre-Budget Submission ( August 7, 2020 )

Ensuring an Inclusive and Equitable Covid-19 Pandemic Recovery Plan: Submission to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology regarding the Canadian Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (July 10, 2020 )

Federal Pre-Budget Submission: Laying the Groundwork to End Child and Family Poverty in Canada (February 19, 2016 )

How Canada can meet its commitment to end child poverty in Canada ( August 6, 2014 )

Letters

CERB Amnesty Open Letter ( December 14, 2021 )

C2000 asks for CERB repayment amnesty for low-income families ( December 22, 2020 )

Fall economic statement recognizes needs of diverse families but some of the most vulnerable still left out ( December 1, 2020 )

Campaign 2000 Calls on All F-P-T Social Service Ministers to Focus on Ending Poverty & Child Poverty in Upcoming Gathering in Edmonton, Alberta ( February 1, 2016 )

Open Letter asks Federal Leaders to issue their Anti-Poverty Plan to Voters (March 11, 2015 )

Federal Government must Ensure Families on Social Assistance Benefit from CCB to Reduce Child Poverty (December 17, 2015)

Campaign 2000 has sent a letter to Federal Ministers of Finance and Families, Children and Social Development copying all provincial and territorial ministers responsible for income assistance and finance, recognizing the upcoming meeting of Canada’s Finance Ministers on December 20-21 is an important opportunity to advance much-needed and long-awaited progress on vital social programs.

Seizing Opportunities to Reduce Child and Family Poverty (May 5, 2015)

ARTICLES

June 6, 2020: Family Service Toronto and Campaign 2000 nation-wide release a joint statement denouncing all forms of anti-Black racism, colonialism and white supremacy: Read the full statement and recommendations & The media release