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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Recommendation 5: Implement UN Sustainable Development Goal 1.5: ‘By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social, and environmental shocks and disasters’ in B.C.-
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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 11: Implement all 46 articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.-
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Equity
Recommendation 14: Amend the B.C. Human Rights Code, RSBC 1996, c210 to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on social condition.-
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Universal basic services
Mental health
Recommendation 31: Install an independent Mental Health Advocate within the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.-
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Universal basic services
Housing
Recommendation 56: Follow all guidelines and recommendations in the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Report, A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada.-
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Universal basic services
Democracy and legal services
Recommendation 59: Fully restore and fund poverty law legal aid in BC to address areas such as income security, employment, housing, and debt.-
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Universal basic services
Democracy and legal services
Recommendation 62: Increase funding to the Human Rights Tribunal to stop extensive delays and restore service levels.-
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Universal basic services
Democracy and legal services
Recommendation 63: Ensure Internet access, access to technology, and in-person support to those accessing the legal system online.-
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Universal basic services
Democracy and legal services
Recommendation 64: Apply a gender-based analysis lens (GBA+) to all legal aid funding in BC.-
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