The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition’s “Blueprint for Justice” released in 2020 describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified existing inequities and revealed the depth and breadth of the durable policy and investments needed to truly reduce poverty and inequality in B.C. It describes the concrete actions needed to ensure nobody is left behind during the pandemic and beyond it, centering its recommendations on four principles: economic security, universal basic services, equity and climate justice. The full blueprint can be found here.
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Climate justice
Recommendation 9: Prioritize a multi-level government approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation.-
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Equity
Recommendation 13: Implement stigma auditing within all provincial ministries to address stigma in service delivery throughout government.-
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Recommendation 18: Provide training for frontline ministry workers, judges, police, housing, and medical staff in trauma-informed service provision to ensure people who access services are treated with compassion, patience, and understanding.-
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Universal basic services
General health care
Recommendation 24: Provide universal coverage of basic dental care within our health care system.-
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General health care
Recommendation 25: Increase investment and support for community health centres throughout B.C.-
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Universal basic services
General health care
Recommendation 27: The federal government must implement universal Pharmacare that includes coverage of prescription drugs, vision care, and hearing aids.-
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Universal basic services
Mental health
Recommendation 29: Implement a trauma-informed, harm reduction, approach in the provision of all health care and related services.-
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Universal basic services
Information
Recommendation 34: Provide publicly funded, universally available, high-speed at-home Internet access for all in B.C. regardless of immigration or citizenship status.-
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Democracy and legal services
Recommendation 60: Provide mandatory training to ensure all practitioners providing legal aid are trained in trauma-informed, culturally safe practises that include power analysis and gender-based violence training.-
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Democracy and legal services
Recommendation 61: Increase funding for family law legal aid, raise the income cut-off for eligibility, and significantly increase the number of hours available per case.-
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