Leila Sarangi

Role: National Director, Campaign 2000
Organization: campaign-2000

Overview

National Director of Campaign 2000, Canada’s leading child and family poverty advocacy coalition. Prominent public voice on poverty elimination, housing security, and social policy. Regular media commentator — spoke to Global News during the 2025 federal election about lack of attention to people in poverty. [Source: campaign2000.ca, web search, 2026-04-24]

Relevance to SES/UBI Works

Campaign 2000 contact. Potential coalition partner for poverty-related messaging and basic income advocacy. [Source: Notion, Organization Contacts, 2026-04-16]

Background

• Advocates for Canada meeting its human rights obligations to end poverty (2030 Agenda / Sustainable Development Goals framing)
• Focuses on income security, housing, labour market security for families and children
• Operates at federal policy level [Source: campaign2000.ca, 2023-2025]

Timeline

• 2026-04-16 | Listed as Campaign 2000 contact in UBI Works/SES org contacts [Source: Notion, Organization Contacts, 2026-04-16]
• 2025-04-17 | Spoke to Global News during federal election about poverty being off the agenda [Source: campaign2000.ca, web search, 2026-04-24]