In December 2018, Pivot Legal Society published their comprehensive study, “Project Inclusion: Confronting Anti-Homeless and Anti-Substance User Stigma in British Columbia.” The report examines the ways in which specific laws and policies in policing, health care and the court system directly undermine the health and safety of people who are homeless and living with substance use issues by trapping them in a cycle of criminalization.
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Recommendation 23: The Province of British Columbia must amend the Human Rights Code, RSBC 1996, c 210 to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on social condition.-
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