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UPCOMING EVENTS
NPRN’s ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS FOR 2025
February 26th
May 28th
September 24th
November 26th
Time of meetings: 9:15 – 10:30 A.M.
LAMARSH ROOM AT THE NIAGARA FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY
4848 Victoria Ave, Niagara Falls, ON L2E 4C5
WHAT’S NEW IN OUR COMMUNITY
The Notwithstanding Clause to Dismantle Homeless Encampments
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) supports the position of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness on the use of force and threat of criminalization to clear encampments. As a network we encourage everyone to sign this petition and share it through your social channels.
Across Ontario, the rising cost of living and unaffordable housing have forced more people into homelessness, with many resorting to encampments in public spaces. But tents in parks are not the answer—everyone deserves a safe and stable home.
NPRN does not support the use of the notwithstanding clause to dismantle encampments by force; as was suggested by Premier Ford and recently supported by Niagara Falls, Welland, and St. Catharines mayors. Using police force and the threat of jail to clear encampments is neither compassionate nor effective. Houselessness is an emergency, and we should respond to it as we would to any disaster—with care, shelter, and support, not punishment.
Real solutions require communities to work together with those affected to provide safe, secure housing options. The only real cure for homelessness is a permanent home.
Niagara’s Housing and Homelessness Action Plan
For information on the Living Wage Program, please visit:
https://www.livingwageniagara.ca/site/home
Niagara Poverty Reduction Network
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network is working collectively to wipe out poverty through education, collaboration and advocacy to address poverty’s root causes.
The private sector has a key role to play in reducing poverty in our community.
Businesses can work to ensure they follow fair employment practices, and provide employee benefits (e.g. private health insurance packages, parental leave top-ups, flexible hours) when possible. Businesses can also become Living Wage employers, agreeing to provide a wage consistent with the local cost of living to ensure households can meet their basic needs.
Businesses can work to ensure they follow fair employment practices, and provide employee benefits (e.g. private health insurance packages, parental leave top-ups, flexible hours) when possible. Businesses can also become Living Wage employers, agreeing to provide a wage consistent with the local cost of living to ensure households can meet their basic needs.
Ensuring the public is aware and responsive to people living in poverty is a key part of reducing poverty in our community. To take action, consider having NPRN talk to your students/organization/workplace about the root causes of poverty
Consider joining NPRN in bringing a poverty-focus to the work of your agency, organization, network or club!
NPRN's successes depend on people like you willing to advocate for change and educate the community about the root causes of poverty!
NPRN's successes depend on people like you willing to advocate for change and educate the community about the root causes of poverty!
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