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Why is there a housing crisis in Canada?

Dec 1st, 2009 | By Dan Dufresne | Category: Uncategorized

There is a myth in our country has to why we have so many of our brothers and sisters who are homeless, people still think that when someone end up homeless it’s their fault because they do drugs or drink.
The fact is that the housing crisis began in the mid 90’s when the then Liberal [...]



Food banks, shelters and drop in food vs your health.

Dec 1st, 2009 | By Dan Dufresne | Category: Uncategorized

Is eating foods from any of these places healthy?
The answer to this question is No. What you get from them just barely keeps you alive. When you go into a food bank usually you only get enough to hold you for a couple of meals and you always get the same thing over and over [...]



Canada can do better for it’s own people.

Nov 21st, 2009 | By Dan Dufresne | Category: Uncategorized

Canada is in a serious crisis in regard to poverty and homelessness, the only cure to this crisis is not to reduce but eradicate these problems and not in 10 years but now, we need to take action to make this happen (the eradication of poverty & homelessness), we are all in it and we [...]



More Real Food

Nov 19th, 2009 | By Dan Dufresne | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Health

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Nine high-energy ways to start the day
Posted Thu, Nov 06, 2008

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Morning madness can make you feel like food is a time-luxury you can’t afford. But research shows that breakfast eaters are slimmer and healthier than their coffee-only counterparts. One reason: People who start [...]



My life as a homeless person by Daniel Dufresne

Jun 30th, 2009 | By Dan Dufresne | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Community Resource, Housing, Written Word

My life as a homeless person
By: Daniel Dufresne
National coalition against poverty founder
I lived on the street back in the 70’s in Montreal for 2 years when I was a teenager. We had our own little family, just like those kids today. Nothing was different except the music. I didn’t go the path that many other [...]