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Income insecurity and benefits
Recommendation 32:
Government must immediately raise the income assistance rate for people with disabilities to $1200, as recommended by the Disability Without Poverty Network, and index the rate to inflation.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 33:
Government must also end its discriminatory policy of clawing back every dollar of child support paid to a single parent—mostly mothers—on income assistance (including disability assistance).
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 72:
Funding for staff development and wellness to ensure frontline staff are taken care of.
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Recommendation 59:
Fully restore and fund poverty law legal aid in BC to address areas such as income security, employment, housing, and debt.
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Recommendation 6:
Expand the post-secondary program options eligible for support under the Single Parent Employment Initiative and, in the absence of enhancements to BC’s refundable post-secondary grants, allow all those on social assistance to retain benefits while attending a post-secondary institution.
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Recommendation 35:
Ensure there is no bias, prejudice or discrimination against employees from diverse backgrounds, including Muslim employees, in wages and compensation.
Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
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Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
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2019
2019
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Recommendation 7:
Ensure the Canada Child Benefit, in combination with other income measures, raises all families with children above the CFLIM after tax poverty lines calculated through tax filer data and ensure access to this and other federal benefits for families in population groups with higher rates of poverty.
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Recommendation 9:
Ensure maternity and parental leave benefits are universally available to all parents (regardless of work status) and that the benefit levels are not less than the CFLIM aftertax poverty lines.
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Recommendation 22:
Ensure K–12 public education funding is sufficient to mitigate inequities between high- and low-income neighbourhoods, school districts and families and to ensure appropriate inclusion of students with diverse learning needs. This includes enhancing funding to school districts for special education assistants, arts programming, libraries, student support services, and deferred maintenance, among other areas that still require urgent attention in future provincial budgets. Schools need additional funds to implement the public health response measures during the pandemic.
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Recommendation 20:
Ensure each youth has stable income, so they are able to afford housing ongoing.
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