A provincial court of appeal in Canada has dismissed an appeal by a group of homeless people to use Canadian human rights laws against the federal government and Canada’s most populous province of Ontario.
In a decision released Monday (December 1) two of the three judges on the Ontario Court of Appeal panel agreed with a lower court judge “that it was plain and obvious that the application could not succeed”.
The group of homeless people, including Jennifer Tanudjaja, and the Centre for Equality Rights in Accomodation are saying “that actions and inaction on the part of Canada and Ontario have resulted in homelessness and inadequate housing.” And that a new strategy is needed.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke to Leilani Farha about the ruling and what it means. She is the Executive Director of Canada Without Poverty, an organization working to eliminate poverty in Canada. She is also the United Nations Rapporteur on Adequate Housing.
ListenMore information:
Court of Appeal for Ontario decision (including dissenting judgement) – here
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