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Recommendation 4:
Make discrimination based on social condition a priority for systemic investigation by the Commission.
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Recommendation 7:
Lobby the provincial government to add “social condition” as a protected ground in BC’s Human Rights Code, as recommended by the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
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Recommendation 24:
Introduce universal coverage for all Canadians for prescription drugs, dental care, eye care, hearing aids, and assistive devices/products as essential aspects of health care.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 1:
Index the BC Seniors Supplement to inflation consistent with other income supports such as GIS/OAS and CPP.
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Recommendation 6:
Index the BC family benefit to inflation to ensure the value of the benefit does not erode over time.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 25:
Increasing income assistance rates to the Market Basket Measure and indexing them to inflation.
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Recommendation 27:
Increasing access to in-person services for income assistance and disability applicants.
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Recommendation 73:
Increase the earnings exemptions for those on income and disability assistance and end the claw back of unearned income.
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Recommendation 15:
Increase investment in both capital and operating costs for shelter-rate housing, including through the Empty Homes tax, borrowing, reducing the annual police budget, and taxing homes worth over $5,000,000. Invest specifically in permanent new Indigenous housing. Promote family reunification by providing family-sized, culturally safe units in new permanent shelter-rate and social housing.
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Recommendation 61:
Increase income and disability rates to the Market Basket Measure to reflect the cost of an adequate standard of living, and index them to inflation.
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