Recommendations for safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women in the DTES

Legislative protections

Recommendation 104: Landlords and property managers must be licensed and make licenses revocable in cases of significant misconduct.

Recommendations for safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women in the DTES

Legislative protections

Recommendation 105: An annual audit of all landlords and property managers to track refusal of housing and housing discrimination.

Recommendations to keep Indigenous families together in the DTES

Recommendation 113: We applaud the work of Dr. Cindy Blackstock and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and call on the federal government to comply with the legally-binding orders of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to:

1. Immediately and fully apply Jordan’s principle to all First Nations children living on and off reserve.
2. Apply Jordan’s principle based on the need of the child and not limited to the normative standard of care.
3. Ensure that administrative delays do not delay service provision and respond to most cases within 48 hours.

Recommendations to keep Indigenous families together in the DTES

Recommendation 114: Implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Actions on Child Welfare, recommendations in Indigenous Resilience, Connectedness and Reunification – From Root Causes to Root Solutions by Special Advisor Grand Chief Ed John, and recommendations in Calling Forth Our Future: Options for the Exercise of Indigenous Peoples’ Authority in Child Welfare by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs.

Recommendations to keep Indigenous families together in the DTES

Accountability

Recommendation 132: An independent and external process for complaints, oversight, and accountability for MCFD neglect investigations, decisions to apprehend children, and for deaths of children and youth in government care.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Recommendation 133: All levels of government must recognize the inherent and constitutionally protected right of Indigenous people to establish and control Indigenous justice systems. All levels of government must also fund the establishment of Indigenous law institutes to support the restoration and advancement of Indigenous legal systems.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Recommendation 135: Implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action on Justice for Indigenous Peoples.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Policing

Recommendation 142: Ensure that that all policing practices conform to the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Policing

Recommendation 143: All police forces should implement Sex Work Enforcement Guidelines similar to those in Vancouver that support the safety of sex workers in police interactions.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Policing

Recommendation 145: Make it easier to file a police complaint and establish an independent civilian watchdog that conducts investigations of reported incidents of serious police misconduct, including allegations of police violence and sexual assault. Increase liability for the misconduct of police officers to include criminal charges.