The current paper explores the extent to which a domestic constitutional framework exists for a rights-based approach to housing and anti-poverty strategies in Ontario, compatible with and informed by the international human rights law and jurisprudence outlined in Making the Connection. In particular, the paper will focus on four key Canadian constitutional provisions for the protection of the right to adequate housing and to freedom from poverty in Canada. These include: first, the constitutional commitment to provide public services of reasonable quality to all Canadians, set out under section 36 of the Constitution Act, 1982; second, the right to life, liberty and security of the person guaranteed under section 7 of the Charter; third, the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law under section 15 of the Charter; and, finally, the obligation on governments to balance and limit Charter rights in a manner that is reasonable and demonstrably justifiable, under section 1 of the Charter.