ACORN Canada believes tenants across the country deserve better

This week on rabble radio, rabble assistant editor Georgia Kelly sits down with Marva Burnett, national president of ACORN Canada. The two discuss the ways ACORN Canada is committed to achieving livable and affordable housing for all Canadians. 

About our guests

Burnett is the chair of Scarborough ACORN and the national president of ACORN Canada. She  is also a child care worker and a mother. She has been a passionate leader with ACORN since it first started organizing in Scarborough in 2005 and has led countless campaigns over the years.

ACORN Canada is an independent national organization of low and moderate income people with over 160,000 members in over 20 neighbourhood chapters across nine cities.

Georgia Kelly is a third-year undergraduate in the University of Toronto’s Ethics, Society, and Law program. In addition to her work at rabble, she is also an associate editor for her student newspaper, the Varsity. 

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