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Author(s): Gordon Laird
Organization: Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Publication Date: 2007
Housing insecurity is a national concern, an issue that affects a broad portion of Canada's population and reflects major trends in income distribution. In 2004, one in seven Canadian households - 1.7 million – spent 30 per cent or more of their income on housing and are considered to have housing affordability issues.
Despite Canada’s status as top economic performer of all G7 countries in 2006, it continues to experience a nation-wide homeless...