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Government of British Columbia
Recommendation 1:
Pay transparency would help promote pay equality in BC by highlighting pay gaps that exist within firms and encouraging them to close those gaps. Importantly, this type of legislation provides a foundation for further action by mandating the release of the data needed to identify pay discrimination. The information and data can then be used to inform future policies. In contrast, pay equity legislation would help to address the systematic undervaluation of women’s work by analyzing the pay and value of jobs traditionally segregated by gender. Proactive pay equity is a complementary policy to pay transparency and can further reduce the pay gap by ensuring that people working in female-dominated occupational groups are being paid the same as other occupations of equivalent value.
With that in mind, our research indicates that for any type of pay legislation that BC chooses to adopt, the effect on the gender pay gap is dependent on the details of policy design and adopted tools. Key elements include clear reporting requirements, sufficient guidance for businesses, and a well-funded oversight body.
With that in mind, our research indicates that for any type of pay legislation that BC chooses to adopt, the effect on the gender pay gap is dependent on the details of policy design and adopted tools. Key elements include clear reporting requirements, sufficient guidance for businesses, and a well-funded oversight body.
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Recommendation 7:
When Indigenous children are involved, parents, extended family, Elders, and trusted community members must be involved in guiding service providers, caregivers, and foster parents in the customary laws of the community and traditional Indigenous child rearing practices (including adoption).
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2018
2018
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We urge various jurisdictions to meaningfully engage Internationally Trained Physicians in all decision-making processes related to their medical licensing so that they can bring their voice, expertise, experiences to the table in order to advocate for more inclusive and fair policies.
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We urge the government of BC to support a rights-based framework for survivors of sexual assault by committing to provide dedicated, secure, and sustainable funding for community-based assault crisis response teams and integrated sexual assault clinics across British Columbia. We support the submissions made by VASC and WAVAW and encourage the government of BC to implement their recommendations by way of both an increase in funding and a legislated right to a community-based assault crisis services.
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Recommendation 25:
We recommend that legislation be amended to provide Independent External Decision Maker reviews of SIU placements within five days, and every subsequent 15 days thereafter. Sufficient resources should be allocated to Independent External Decision Makers for them to be able to fulfil their roles.
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Recommendation 23:
We recommend legislative amendments to provide Independent External Decision Makers the power to order specific changes to a prisoner’s conditions of confinement and the power to investigate allegations of staff misconduct in SIUs.
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Recommendation 22:
We recommend legislation be amended to provide Independent External Decision Makers the power to order that specific alternatives to SIU be implemented, including transfers under s 29 and 81 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
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Recommendation 44:
We endorse the $10-a-day Child Care Plan and recommend government cease income-testing and continue to build and support our emergent $10-a-day plan for B.C.
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Recommendation 22:
We call upon those who can effect change within the Canadian health-care system to recognize the value of Aboriginal healing practices and use them in the treatment of Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Aboriginal healers and Elders where requested by Aboriginal patients.
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Recommendation 5:
We call upon the federal, provincial, territorial, and Aboriginal governments to develop culturally appropriate parenting programs for Aboriginal families.
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