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Recommendation 402:
We recommend the Ministry of the Attorney General fund public education programs developed through local organizations to address violence against women. These programs should be sensitive to the social, cultural, and language needs of the multicultural population of British Columbia. These programs must also address the special needs of lesbians and women with disabilities who have been victims of violence. (p. 7 – 131)
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Recommendation 296:
We recommend the Ministry of the Attorney General evaluate the counselling services available for sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse or assault and endorse the recommendations of the British Columbia Task Force on Family Violence in this regard. We believe priority should be given to the treatment of young offenders because counselling in the early years has proven to be more successful. (p.7 –100)
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Recommendation 401:
We recommend the Ministries of Education and Advanced Education ensure the Learning for Living schools program specifically addresses the social causes and consequences of relationship violence, family violence, and sexual assault and that teachers are properly trained to educate students about these important issues. (p.7 – 131)
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Recommendation 336:
We recommend police, Crown, victim services, and Corrections staff be given joint training in the dynamics of sexual assault, the physical and psychological impact of abuse upon the victim, and the need for a gender sensitive approach to these cases. This training should be standardized and delivered province-wide to ensure accountability. It should also address the special cultural, social and language needs of immigrant women, women of colour, aboriginal women, lesbians, and women with disabilities, and involved service providers and victims from the community as resource persons, wherever possible….(p.7 – 131)
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- Corrections ,
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- Culture and language ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Gender-based violence ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Indigenous rights and self-governance ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services ,
- Representation and leadership
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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 82:
We call upon provincial and territorial governments, in collaboration with Survivors and their organizations, and other parties to the Settlement Agreement, to commission and install a publicly accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools Monument in each capital city to honour Survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities.
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Recommendation 71:
We call upon all chief coroners and provincial vital statistics agencies that have not provided to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada their records on the deaths of Aboriginal children in the care of residential school authorities to make these documents available to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
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Recommendation 6:
We believe the victim service program…should be improved to maximize the voluntary cooperation of the victim in the trial process by implementing the following recommendations: Facilitate immediate victim referrals from police or Crown, and enhance communication and cooperation among these service providers in a manner which protects the privacy of the victim. The Committee recognizes this recommendation may require legislative amendments in some cases where victim services are not attached to the police. (p.7 – 50)
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Recommendation 7:
We believe the victim service program…should be improved to maximize the voluntary cooperation of the victim in the trial process by implementing the following recommendations: Ensure every community has a specialized victim service program for battered women (p.7 – 50) and victims of sexual assault…(p.7 – 90)
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Recommendation 2:
We ask that the minister specify priorities, goals and objectives for police collaboration with community-based crisis response services, focusing on least restrictive, lowest cost strategies that start with the input of people with lived and living experience.
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