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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Decolonization and Indigenous rights
Climate justice
Recommendation 3: Develop localized renewable energy projects (wind, solar, tidal), working with communities and Indigenous Nations as partners, to help communities avoid energy poverty and reduce emissions.-
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Climate justice
Recommendation 7: Prioritize UNDRIP, Indigenous sovereignty, and gender equality in all climate change related policy planning.-
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Equity
Recommendation 10: Address the needs of those most likely to be living in poverty and impacted by intersecting colonialism, racism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, and gender inequality.-
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Equity
Recommendation 11: Implement all 46 articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.-
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Equity
Recommendation 22: Implementation of all recommendations in the following reports: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Call to Action, and Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.-
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Universal basic services
Information
Recommendation 37: Implement the Indigenous Framework for Innovation and Technology to create sustainable access to digital and connected technologies for all 203 Indigenous communities in B.C., both on and off-reserve.-
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Economic security
Extreme poverty and homelessness
Recommendation 71: Prioritize poverty reduction strategies that target those who have a higher risk of living in poverty due to intersectional disadvantage. This includes women, single senior women, single parents, Indigenous and racialized communities, immigrants and refugees, those engaged in survival sex work and other work in grey economies, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, those living with disabilities (taking into consideration the diverse needs of those with both short and long-term disability needs), those with mental health challenges, and those with substance-use disorders.-
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