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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Homophobia and transphobia
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 13: Implement stigma auditing within all provincial ministries to address stigma in service delivery throughout government.-
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Equity
Recommendation 19: Implement investments and policies to target LGBTQIA2S+ poverty.-
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Universal basic services
General health care
Recommendation 28: Provide mandatory training for all health practitioners to ensure the rights and safety of LGBTQIA2S+ communities as they access health care.-
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Transportation
Recommendation 68: Apply an equity lens to all provincial, regional, and municipal transportation planning to ensure all forms of transportation infrastructure are affordable, accessible, and safe for at-risk and low-income community members.-
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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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