177 search results for
Poverty
Recommendation 13:
The Government of Canada must amend the Criminal Code to prevent the use and prosecution of discriminatory or destructive behavioural conditions of interim release and sentencing, specifically: b. define “drug paraphernalia” as harm reduction medical equipment and prohibit the imposition of conditions that would interfere with the ability to access or possess harm reduction equipment.
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Recommendation 18:
Automatically enrol all young people transitioning out of care in an income support program that meets their basic living costs and ensures they have safe housing.
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Recommendation 11:
As in the child protection context, economic support for mothers with disabilities is crucial. Governments must invest in services and supports that meet the particular needs of mothers with disabilities. To flee an abusive situation, women need access to safe, affordable and accessible housing, income assistance that meets their needs, and affordable child care, among other supports.
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
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Recommendation 68:
Apply an equity lens to all provincial, regional, and municipal transportation planning to ensure all forms of transportation infrastructure are affordable, accessible, and safe for at-risk and low-income community members.
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Recommendation 2:
Amend the Employment Standards Act to provide all workers, regardless of their employment status (full time, part time, casual) or length of service, with the right to paid sick leave.
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Recommendation 2:
Amend the BC Employment Standards Act to provide all workers, regardless of their employment status (full time, part time, casual) or length of service, with the right to paid sick leave.
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Recommendation 1:
Although the number of seniors living in poverty is small, the poverty rate among seniors has increased over the last twenty years. Single senior women are particularly at risk. A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC, a 2008 report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), outlines a comprehensive set of recommendations that BC policy-makers can draw on.
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Recommendation 107:
All services dealing with Aboriginal and Inuit communities must acknowledge and work to alleviate the underlying social factors that directly contribute to alcohol, drug and solvent use. Additional supports, as identified communities, must be made immediately available until such time as sufficient education, employment/economic base and adequate housing are in place to alleviate those underlying causes. (p.38)
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Recommendation 69:
Advocacy with the Federal government to ensure Indigenous organizations are able to access benefits as the current benefit through Indigenous Services Canada is only for people on reserve resulting in a gap. There needs to be advocacy so Indigenous youth are equally able to access relief funds and the same benefits provided to youth on reserve. In Burns Lake, the Friendship Centers are struggling to provide hampers, food, and to continue providing services to those most impacted by the pandemic.
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Recommendation 5:
Adjust income and disability assistance rates for families with a child with disabilities to recognize the additional costs associated with raising a child with extra support needs.
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