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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Poverty and economic inequality
Universal basic services
Transportation
Recommendation 65: Free-fare public transit.- Step: Implement free transit for all youth 0-18 in every transit system in B.C.
- Step: Implement a sliding scale fare system based on income in every transit system in B.C.
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Universal basic services
Transportation
Recommendation 66: Cease ticketing minors for fare evasion in all transit systems in BC.-
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Universal basic services
Transportation
Recommendation 67: Implement community service as a do-no-harm alternative to fare evasion fines for low-income adults in every transit system in B.C.-
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Universal basic services
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 69: Achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1: Zero Poverty, 1.1. by eradicating extreme poverty in all its forms by 2030 and ensuring all those who are homeless have homes by 2030 in B.C.-
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Economic security
Extreme poverty and homelessness
Recommendation 70: Address the depth of poverty in B.C and ensure all those below the poverty line achieve incomes 30% above the Market Basket Measure by 2026.-
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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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Economic security
Extreme poverty and homelessness
Recommendation 73: Increase the earnings exemptions for those on income and disability assistance and end the claw back of unearned income.-
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Economic security
Extreme poverty and homelessness
Recommendation 74: Allow income assistance recipients to attend post-secondary institutions and retain full assistance benefits and expand the Single Parents Employment Initiative (SPEI) to include higher education.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 77: All levels of governments should ensure their direct and contract employees are paid a living wage.-
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