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Recommendations to end Indigenous women’s displacement from land
On reserve
Recommendation 45: The federal government must eliminate the discrepancy in federal education funding for First Nations children being educated on reserve and First Nations children being educated off reserve, and provide sufficient funding to close educational attainment gaps.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 56: All levels of government must coordinate on an Indigenous specific poverty reduction plan, complete with specific goals, targets, timelines, and accountabilities.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 57: Implement an Indigenous reparations tax on top of property taxes on residential, commercial, and industrial properties, with all revenues going to implementation of an Indigenous poverty reduction plan.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Provincial income assistance
Recommendation 63: Eliminate barriers to accessing income and disability assistance by reducing unnecessary eligibility criteria and simplifying the application processes. This includes:- Removing the two-year financial independence requirement for income assistance.
- Basing income assistance eligibility on current income only.
- Removing the penalty clawback for failure to work search requirements for income assistance.
- Removing the work search requirement for mothers with children over the age of three years old.
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Provincial income assistance
Recommendation 66: Increase earnings exemptions for those on provincial income and disability assistance program, and any clawbacks must be incrementally tied to income.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Provincial income assistance
Recommendation 67: Raise all asset limitations for those on income assistance to bring them in line with asset limitations for those on disability benefits.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Provincial income assistance
Recommendation 68: Amend income and disability benefits assessments so that only relationships that display significant financial dependence or interdependence are relevant for the purposes of eligibility, and remove financial interdependence by default on the basis that a person indicates parental role for a child unless a spousal relationship can be established.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Employment security
Recommendation 75: Increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by June 2019 for all workers with no exemptions, and increase it annually till it reaches a living wage that matches the cost of living.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Employment security
Recommendation 77: Rectify Indigenous women’s exclusion from the economy by:- Developing equitable and inclusive hiring policy and standards.
- Creating a diversity of low-barrier jobs in the DTES with priority hiring and support for Indigenous women of the community.
- Creating peer-based employment programs including navigation positions throughout the housing, mental health, substance use, and income support systems.
- Ensuring Indigenous women peer workers are paid a living wage, have full benefits, and have the right to unionization.
- Creating jobs that value and compensate skills such as weaving, beading, drum making, food harvesting, and traditional healing, and support the creation of an Indigenous women’s cooperative in the DTES.
- Improving employment supports and workplace accommodations for Indigenous women who are single parents and/or in recovery to ensure that they are not setup to fail in their employment due to systemic barriers.
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- Culture and language ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Economic inequality ,
- Education and employment ,
- Health ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Income insecurity and benefits ,
- Poverty ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public education and reconciliation ,
- Public services ,
- Substance use ,
- Workers’ rights
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Universal public services
Recommendation 88: Adoption of low-income customer rates and rules by BC Hydro and all energy providers including waiver of security deposits, late payment fees, and reconnection fees; more flexible payment arrangements; and suspension of disconnections during cold weather and for people with medical conditions.-
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