Affordable shelter, fertilizer emissions, and tourism topped lobbying issues in busiest October since 2018

YWCA Canada is calling for increased funding under the National Housing Strategy for a grants-based system to fully fund shelters that are specifically dedicated to women and gender-diverse people.

Housing, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured in a Hill scrum, said, 'Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home,' in an Infrastructure Canada press release on Nov. 15, in response to a report on chronic homelessness released by Auditor General Karen Hogan earlier that day.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

November 21, 2022

Affordable gendered housing and concerns related to the federal government’s fertilizer emissions reduction target were among the top advocacy issues last month, which was the busiest October for federal lobbying since 2018.

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