Campaign 2000

Racialized children, especially those without permanent immigration status, are facing some of the highest levels of housing need in Canada.

35.1% of racialized children without permanent status live in core housing need, nearly double the rate of their non-racialized peers, and up to six times higher than non-racialized children born in Canada.

As the 2025 Report Card shows, poverty in Canada is not experienced equally. It continues to disproportionately impact racialized and marginalized communities, driven by systemic barriers that affect access to stable housing, income, and supports .

We can’t address child poverty without addressing inequity.

🔗 Read the full report here:https://campaign2000.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-Report-Card-on-Child-and-Family-Poverty.pdf

❗NEW REPORT❗

The 2025 National Report Card, “Investing in Tomorrow: A Future Without Poverty,” is out now.

Twenty-five years after Canada pledged to end child poverty, progress is reversing. Child poverty has risen for the third consecutive year, families are living in deeper poverty, and income inequality is widening, with children from marginalized communities hit hardest as the Canada Child Benefit loses effectiveness.

Read the report: https://campaign2000.ca/new-release-2025-report-card-on-child-and-family-poverty-in-canada/

It’s time to truly invest in tomorrow!

Oxfam Inequality Report 2026: Resisting the Rule of the Rich and Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power

Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation and National Director of Campaign 2000, Leila Sarangi, joined Lauren Ravon, Executive Director of Oxfam Canada, on the latest episode to discuss Oxfam’s 2026 Inequality Report and what rising billionaire power means for democracy and poverty in Canada.

As Leila shared in the conversation, Canada has seen the largest historic increases in poverty since the pandemic, even as billionaire wealth continues to grow. Millions of children are living in food-insecure households, and families are making impossible choices just to survive.

This episode is a powerful reminder that inequality is not inevitable, it is shaped by policy decisions.

👉 Take action to end poverty and inequality below!

https://campaign2000.ca/get-involved/call-to-action/

https://www.oxfam.ca/rising-up-against-wealth-inequality/

🎧 Listen to the full episode and read the transcript at:

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Family Service Toronto and Campaign 2000 joined child care advocates, parents, educators, and community leaders from across Canada today at the Oxfam Early Learning & Child Care Summit. A gathering focused on building an inclusive, equitable, and feminist child care system.

Over two days, participants will learn, connect, and take action to advance $10-a-day child care for all, while centering the voices of Black, racialized, immigrant and refugee families, gender-diverse parents, parents with disabilities, and families who have been historically excluded from Canada’s child care systems.

Held during the Canada-wide Days of Action for Early Learning and Child Care, this summit is both a celebration of progress and a call to action. A stronger, more equitable child care system is possible, and it starts with collective advocacy.

Oxfam Family Service Toronto



Pictured in photo 1: Parliamentary Secretary Leslie Church, speaking on the importance of child care to economy

Pictured in photo 2: Leila Sarangi and advocates from BC, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Pictured in photo 3: Minister Hajdu staff and childcare advocates from across the country

Today Campaign 2000 and Family Service Toronto, participated in national conversations on the right to safe, adequate and affordable housing, including the release of the Neha Review Panel’s final report. The panel’s findings made clear that Canada is not yet meeting its obligation to uphold the right to housing in an inclusive, gender-responsive and human-rights-based way. Women, Two Spirit, Trans and gender-diverse people shared experiences that highlight urgent gaps across the housing system.

Campaign 2000’s National Director, Leila Sarangi, emphasized that “young people, particularly those exiting the child welfare system, who are houseless, incarcerated, or who live in deep poverty, are too often forgotten in policy-making and programming.” She noted that they “require strong public supports to meet their basic needs, starting with a safe, stable and adequate place to call home.” Leila also highlighted that “the Neha Panel rightly centred their voices, experiences and their right to an adequate standard of living in their review,” and called on the Minister “to act with urgency to implement the recommendations in the report and progressively realize the right to housing for all children and young people.”

Earlier this year, Campaign 2000 also contributed to a national dialogue on adequate housing for families and preventing child apprehension, reinforcing that housing is not only a policy issue, but a human rights issue and a child welfare issue.

With National Housing Day marked on November 22, these conversations underscore the urgency of ensuring all communities, especially those most marginalized, can exercise their right to safe, adequate housing.

Watch + Learn More:
Leila Sarangi — Dialogue on Adequate Housing for Families (YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM3NgSdxuSg&t=1s

Neha Review Panel Final Report:https://cms.nhc-cnl.ca/media/Neha/Reports/final-report-and-recommendations-ENGLISH%20(web).pdf

Neha Review Panel releases reports
https://womenshomelessness.ca/nehareportrelease/

Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network
Family Service Toronto

36 years ago today, the federal government unanimously resolved to end child poverty by the year 2000.

It has now been 25 years since Canada promised to eradicate poverty. That commitment was supposed to be a generational investment to ensure that no child in this country grows up in poverty. Yet today, children and families are still waiting.
In fact, child poverty has more than doubled since 2020 according to Canada’s Official Poverty Line, the Market Basket Measure.
Campaign 2000 was formed because governments failed to act on child poverty.

We are a non-partisan, pan-Canadian coalition of more than 120 partners working to hold all elected officials accountable to the all-party resolution to end child poverty.

The recent federal budget offers little for children, youth, or the families affected by poverty. A generation has already been missed. Without immediate and meaningful investment, Canada is on track to fail yet another generation of children.

If you care about a Canada where every child can thrive:

▶ Sign the Call to Action: https://campaign2000.ca/get-involved/call-to-action/

▶ Share this widely

▶ Contact your Elected Official
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

Together, we can push Canada to finally honour the promise made 25 years ago.



Family Service Toronto UNICEF Canada Citizens for Public Justice - CPJ Oxfam United Way Centraide Canada Childcare Resource and Research Unit Public Interest Alberta Acadia University Choices for Youth Edmonton Social Planning Council Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition

Today is National Child Day in Canada as well as World Children’s Day, a day rooted in the 1989 adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). By ratifying the CRC, Canada affirmed a global promise: to uphold every child’s rights, including the right to safety, health, education, respect, and an adequate standard of living.

Yet this promise remains unfulfilled. Child and family poverty continues to be one of the most profound violations of children’s rights in Canada, limiting their well-being, development, and future opportunities. National Child Day is not only a celebration, it is a call for Canada to act on its commitments.

Today, Campaign 2000/Family Service Toronto are represented in Ottawa to amplify this message. This morning, we co-sponsored a National Child Day Breakfast, hosted by Senators Rosemary Moodie, Flordeliz Osler, Yonah Martin, Marnie McBean, Colin Deacon, Bernadette Clement, Kim Pate, and Judith Seidman, underscoring the urgent need for co-ordinated, rights-based policies that allow every child to grow up in dignity.

Throughout the day, we are also participating in UNICEF Canada’s 2025 Youth Advocacy Summit, where young leaders from across the country are presenting their vision for a stronger, more equitable Canada and reminding policymakers that children and youth must have a seat at every decision-making table.

When we uphold children’s rights, Canada becomes stronger. Their voices matter. Their leadership matters. Their future matters.

UUNICEF Canada
Learn more about World Children's Day and National Child Day at the links below:

https://www.unicef.org/take-action/campaigns/world-childrens-day

https://www.unicef.ca/en/national-child-day

At a time of economic uncertainty, advocates and families across Canada are ready to Stand On Guard for Child Care. It’s time to strengthen and expand $10-a-Day Child Care nationwide.

Leila Sarangi, Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation at Family Service Toronto and National Director of Campaign 2000, will be presenting as part of this important national effort, highlighting why bold federal action is needed to ensure every family has access to high-quality, affordable child care.

Learn more about the campaign and take the Pledge here: childcarenow.ca


Child Care Now

Family Service Toronto (FST) is participating in this week’s (Nov. 4-6) Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD2) in Doha, Quatar, where governments and advocates are uniting to renew commitments to equity, inclusion, and social justice.

FST was selected by the federal Minister of Families and Jobs to represent Canada at the Summit through Leila Sarangi, Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation at FST and National Director of Campaign 2000. This builds on FST’s leadership advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ongoing advocacy for poverty eradication in Canada.

In July, Leila also joined the Canadian delegation at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York, advocating for stronger progress toward the SDGs, particularly SDG 1: No Poverty and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.

These global conversations echo the same priorities raised during A Future Without Poverty: National Dialogue 2025, where Campaign 2000 and 45 partner organizations launched a national call to action to end poverty and inequality in Canada.

If you share this vision; one where dignity, equity, and opportunity guide every policy, sign the Call to Action below!

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Photo 2: Bob Rae, Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations, alongside members of the Canadian delegation.
Photo 3: The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Families and Jobs.
Photo 4: Members of the Canadian delegation participating in the Second World Summit on Social Development.

Poverty in Canada isn’t inevitable.... it’s a policy choice.

The 2025 Poverty Trends report from Citizens for Public Justice - CPJ reveals how systemic inequities, colonial legacies, and policy gaps continue to shape who experiences poverty, and how rights-based solutions can change the path forward.

📖 Read the full report: https://cpj.ca/report/poverty-trends-2025/

Community leader, public speaker, and author Michael Redhead Champagne will be moderating the National Dialogue: A Future Without Poverty.
From Winnipeg’s North End, with family roots in Shamattawa First Nation, Michael is a powerful voice for justice, equity, and love. Through storytelling, advocacy, and community leadership, he continues to inspire action and build connections across Canada.

Register below for tomorrows National Dialogue!

https://tinyurl.com/4bfasm4s