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Poverty and economic inequality
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 end Indigenous women’s displacement from land
On reserve
Recommendation 47: Close the gaps in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities and focus on indicators such as infant mortality, maternal health, suicide, mental health, addictions, life expectancy, birth rates, infant and child health issues, chronic diseases, illness and injury incidence, and the availability of appropriate health services.-
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Recommendations to end Indigenous women’s displacement from land
On reserve
Recommendation 48: Provide an annual transport allowance for Indigenous women in the DTES to be able to travel to their home community.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 55: Implement a human rights, Indigenous rights, and gender based analysis in the conception and implementation of all poverty reduction strategies, policies, legislation, and decision making.-
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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
Recommendation 58: Increase the federal Old Age Security (OAS), the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), and BC Seniors Supplement.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 59: Provide all residential school survivors with a guaranteed livable income for the rest of their lives.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 60: Implementing existing recommendations from the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition for a whole-of-government poverty reduction strategy.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Provincial income assistance
Recommendation 61: Increase income and disability rates to the Market Basket Measure to reflect the cost of an adequate standard of living, and index them to inflation.-
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