252 search results for
2021
Recommendation 14:
That the Mental Health Review Board pilot a new Review Board hearing process for children and youth that centres the young person and is trauma-informed and culturally attuned after actively engaging and consulting with health authorities, First Nations, Métis Nation and urban Indigenous communities and leadership and other appropriate bodies. Pilot to be operational by Oct. 1, 2022.
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- Access to justice ,
- Corrections ,
- Culture and language ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Health ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Human rights system ,
- Indigenous children and youth in care ,
- Mental health and detention ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services
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Recommendation 4:
That the Government of Canada implement automatic enrollment for federal benefits to ensure that people are accessing the supports and services that could keep them out of poverty. Automatic tax-filing is one mechanism that can help with this.
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Recommendation 1:
That the BC government, working in collaboration with commercial distribution networks, invest $10M to create regional stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) for future pandemic preparation for B.C.’s health care sector, with an emphasis on seniors’ living and care providers, including non-government home health care operators.
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Recommendation 4:
That the BC government provide funding of at least $15 million per month to cover COVID-19 related costs for non-government long-term care, assisted living, independent living operators in BC. Along with being retroactive to mid-March 2020, such funding should be in place until medical orders are lifted.
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Recommendation 2:
That the BC government invest $20 million over three years to fund a comprehensive, industry-led health human resource (HHR) strategy for the seniors’ care and living sector to address chronicworker shortages and improve quality of care for residents and clients.
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Recommendation 3:
That the BC government create a new provincial tax credit program, through which seniors who access non-government home health care or independent living services are eligible to receive a refundable tax credit up to $2,500.
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Recommendation 5:
That the Attorney General in partnership with the Ministries of Health and Mental Health and Addictions, ensure that an independent body is notified every time a child or youth is detained under the Mental Health Act and that this body is mandated to provide rights advice and advocacy to children and youth. Independent body to be in place by Dec. 1, 2021.
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Recommendation 12:
Suspend discretionary use of revocation power where anti-terrorism financing or counter-radicalization policies inform the audit;
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Recommendation 12:
Support local waste pickers to improve recycling rates by paying them to collect and sort waste.
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Recommendation 66:
Support local waste pickers to improve recycling rates by paying them to collect and sort waste.
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