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Recommendation 5:
Research whether additional “light” or “lightweight” versions of websites can be developed in order to decrease demand on the internet for individuals trying to access these sites ( CBC news recently launched “CBC Lite” to make news more accessible to rural and remote Canadians. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/introducingcbc-lite-1.5943819)
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Recommendation 131:
Require that all child welfare decision makers and courts must mandatorily consider the impact of the residential school experience on children and their caregivers.
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Recommendation 7:
Require Gladue factors to be used as mitigating factors only, unless the victim is an Indigenous woman in which case her wishes should take precedence over an offender.
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Recommendation 206:
Replace the deemed consent provisions of the Mental Health Act and the consent override provisions of the Healthcare (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act and the Representation Agreement Act with a legislative mechanism that protects and respects the patient’s autonomy in making healthcare decisions and allows the patient to include trusted family members and friends in their treatment and recovery process.
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Recommendation 150:
Repeal laws that criminalize or increase harm for women in the sex trade.
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Recommendation 10:
Repeal laws that criminalize or increase harm for Indigenous women in the sex trade.
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Recommendation 149:
Repeal all mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent offences. Implement legislation to allow trial judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences and restrictions on the use of conditional sentences.
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Recommendation 72:
Remove the age cap and the two-year eligibility requirement for income assistance for the Tuition Waiver Program for youth aging out of care.
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Recommendation 38:
Remove discrimination from the Indian Act by making women and men equal in the ability to pass on status, repair situations where discrimination against women has disadvantaged those claiming status through the mother’s line, and remove the two-parent rule for transmitting status and the 6(2) cutoff that withholds status from the children of many women who are unable or unwilling to provide the father’s name.
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Recommendation 5:
Remove discrimination from the Indian Act by making women and men equal in the ability to pass on status, repair situations where discrimination against women has disadvantaged those claiming status through the mother’s line, and remove the two-parent rule for transmitting status and the 6(2) cutoff that withholds status from the children of many women who are unable or unwilling to provide the father’s name.
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