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Provincial and territorial governments (General)
Recommendation 2:
FUNDING—adequate staffing and staff training in the justice system, and well-resourced survivor-focused services and supports
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Recommendation 168:
Full decarceration of Indigenous women in the federal and provincial corrections system. No Indigenous woman should ever be sentenced into a colonial system.
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Recommendation 10:
From a child rights perspective, treating children as full rights bearers, (Michel v. Graydon, at para. 77) legal representation is a key form of children’s participation which ensures that children’s voices will be heard, and due weight will be given to their opinions (Tempesta, 2019). Legal representation should be provided in all cases involving children’s interests in order to sufficiently fulfil requirements from Article 12 of the UNCRC, including the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child safeguards and guarantees, referred to above. (Elrod, 2016; Lovinsky & Gagne, 2015; Martinson & Tempesta, 2018; Tempesta, 2019). As such, it is necessary to provide legal representation to all children (who choose it after obtaining meaningful information and advice about it and other choices), in all cases, including high risk cases, in order to protect their rights and promote their best interests in guardianship and family law proceedings regardless of the level of risk, as well as fulfil the requirements outlined by the UNCRC (Birnhaum, 2017; Birnbaum et al., 2016; Martinson & Tempesta, 2018; Tempesta, 2019).
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Recommendation 87:
Free postsecondary tuition:
- Free tuition for all postsecondary education for all Indigenous women and girls.
- Eliminate all interest on existing student loans for Indigenous women and girls.
- Under the Single Parents Employment Initiative, extend tuition coverage to multi-year degrees and training programs and remove the restricted list of eligible careers and programs.
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Recommendation 178:
For women who do not have primary custody of their children, prioritize the social bond between incarcerated mothers and their children. This includes:
- Funding for families to cover the costs and logistics of transportation for visits and child-friendly practices during visitation including visitation hours scheduled after school hours, no body searches of children, and allowance for physical contact.
- Visitation outside the prison setting.
- Free and unlimited phone calls and introduce video calling technologies, in addition to the right to open in-person visits.
- Family reunification as a priority post-release by providing all the necessary supports including housing, child care, and parenting support.
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Recommendation 3:
Federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and Indigenous governments should work together to develop detailed transition plans to support workers and communities and improve overall well-being.
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Recommendation 1:
Federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and Indigenous government decision making on carbon pricing, regulations, procurement, and infrastructure investments should explicitly account for the future competitive benefits of near-term climate action, including improved transition readiness and increased demand for clean energy and technologies.
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Federal, provincial, and territorial governments should rebalance public investments and tax incentives towards activities with export and growth potential that face barriers to private investmt.
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Recommendation 8:
Everyone in the community who carries a responsibility for the care, education and protection of children (including but not limited to agencies with a formal mandate) must come together to support these children.
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Recommendation 10:
Everyone in the community (neighbours, friends of the family, teachers, sports coaches, elders, religious figures, police, etc.) potentially has a role to play in making sure that children affected by their parents’ conflict with the law are identified, assisted, and protected. Relying solely on the children to come forward and ask for assistance is not realistic. Relying on the parents to come forward and seek help for their children is not reliable. Parents often fear the intervention of child protection services. In many instances they already have a history of contacts with these services. Finally, relying on the justice system itself to transmit information to child welfare and protection agencies is not sufficient either.
- Proactively seek to identify children in need of assistance, without labelling or stigmatizing them.
- Increase outreach activities to offer support to the children and their caregivers.
- Ensure that people working with or coming in contact with children as part of their professional responsibilities recognize the children’s signs of distress, isolation, need for assistance.
- Improve inter-agency sharing of information concerning the children while protecting their privacy and ensuring the confidentiality of that information.
- Ensure that all agencies and organizations have a proactive child protection policy that acknowledges the particular issues and needs of children who have a key relationship with a parent in conflict with the law.
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2018
2018
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- Academic institutions ,
- Criminal justice system ,
- Faith and cultural groups ,
- First Nations governments ,
- General public ,
- Government of British Columbia ,
- Government of Canada ,
- Indigenous organizations ,
- Municipal governments ,
- Non-profits and community organizations ,
- Provincial and territorial governments (General)
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