The Canadian Human Rights Commission reports that two years after the landmark report, published by Marie-Josée Houle, the Federal Housing Advocate, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Canada continues to rise. The Federal Housing Advocate continues to urge all levels of government to do more to address the human rights crisis of homeless encampments in Canada. The Canadian Human Rights Commission notes that this obligation is set out in the National Housing Strategy Act and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
The Federal Housing Advocate’s renewed calls to action highlight the need to prioritize:
- Long-term federal investments and leadership for human rights-based responses to encampments
- Meaningful consultation with Indigenous Peoples and investing in preventing and responding to Indigenous homelessness
- Meaningful engagement with people living in encampments
- Ending forced encampment evictions and criminalization of homelessness
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