Maytree

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At Maytree, we believe that poverty violates our basic human rights. It harms people and communities. Our economic and social systems create poverty when they fail to focus on human dignity. The most enduring way to keep people out of poverty is to reimagine and rebuild our public systems to respect, protect, and fulfill the economic and social rights of every person in Canada.

Publications by this author

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Canada must strengthen its mechanisms for the domestic implementation of civil and political rights
February 3, 2026
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Ontario must correct course after 50 years of stalling on poverty and human rights
February 3, 2026
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How deemed tax filing can make claiming benefits easier for people with low incomes
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Build Canada Homes Investment Policy Framework is a welcome first step. Here’s what should happen next
December 2, 2025
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Open letter on Ontario’s next poverty reduction strategy
November 30, 2025
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Tackling Canada’s housing crisis: How the federal government can build at scale now
October 6, 2025

Stories by this author

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In Memoriam: Remembering Peter Showler
November 27, 2023
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What Maytree is reading this summer
July 30, 2019