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First Nations Statistical Institute
What HappenedIn its March 2012 budget, Canada’s federal government announced that it was cutting all funding for the First Nations Statistical Institute (FNSI). According to the budget, the FNSI will...
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Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
What HappenedIn April 2012, the Public Health Agency of Canada severely cut funding from the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS, turning down 16 out of 20 activities proposed by the Canadian...
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Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
What HappenedLEAF relied in part on the Court Challenges Program (CCP) to help fund legal challenges to discriminatory laws and practices.In 2006, when the CCP was cancelled, LEAF lost one of the main...
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Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care
What HappenedHealth care and professional services organizations across Canada opposed to the cuts formed the group Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care. They were promptly branded by Citizenship and...
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Hospitality House Refugee Ministry
What HappenedEffective July 1, 2012, the federal government made drastic cuts to the health services, restricting access to health care in Canada for refugees. The cuts are expected to generate about...
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Development and Peace
What HappenedIn February 2012, Development and Peace found out that its government funding would decrease from $35 million to $14.5 million over the next five years. In addition, the organization would...
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Aboriginal Healing Foundation
What HappenedIn the 2010 Federal Budget, the government of Canada decided not to renew funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The organization had to terminate partnership with over 120...
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Canadian Conference of the Arts
What HappenedOn October 30, 2012, the CCA announced it would be ceasing operations. The CCA’s annual subsidy from the Department of Canadian Heritage, which represented the bulk of its $525,000...
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Réseau québecois d’action pour la santé des femmes
What HappenedIn April 2012, as part of the cuts from the 2012 Budget, the government announced the elimination of the Women’s Health Contribution Program (WHCP), which funded six organizations,...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
What HappenedDespite public opinion polls showing that about 70% of Canadians want CBC/SRC’s funding to be maintained or increased, the Harper government slashed its budget by more than $150 million...
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National Network on Environments and Women's Health
The National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (the “Network”), founded in 1996, is a research center focused on the “impact of different environments on the health of women.” Its goal is to...
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Childcare Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC)
Established in 1982, the Childcare Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC) is a publicly-funded organization working to promote child care as a cornerstone to family policies. It promotes an inclusive,...
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Polar Environment Atmosphere Research Laboratory
PEARL is a research facility dedicated to research in the high Arctic and comprises four research laboratories and an observing platform that measure atmospheric properties from the ground to about 100...
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Department of Justice
The Department of Justice serves the democratic, constitutional Canadian state (and indirectly its citizens) under the leadership of the Minister of Justice.In serving the state (or public), one...
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Katimavik
For all its sometime appearance of a fiefdom for the Liberal Party, Katimavik envisioned a wider constituency of active Canadians, though like many official initiatives it had little success in...
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Veterans
Since at least WWI, Canadian veterans have sometimes been a potent force in Canadian politics. In some ways, their battle for rights and the willingness of Canadian politicians and the general public...
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United Nations Platform for Action Committee
Disenabling women’s and equality organizationsUNPAC was one of many other women’s organizations in Canada that lost its foothold to funding because of educational and advocacy work that promoted...
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Centre for Research and Information on Canada
The Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC) was a division of the Canada Unity Council, established in 1996. CRIC managed the Canadian Unity Council (CUC) research and communications...
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Refugee Access to Welfare Benefits
The Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act prohibits the establishment of minimum residency requirements on refugee claimants by provincial and territorial governments in order to ensure equitable...
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Official Development Assistance
Canadian international development aid was a world leader in the field, recognised as an innovative actor that put humanitarian values and interests ahead of narrowly-defined Canadian economic or...
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