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Recommendation 86:
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport and the Gaming Commission should consult with the Canadian Association of Black Journalists alongside other bona-fide actors in this context, to design and provide incentives, targeted grants, and dedicated strategic support, including merit-based grants to Black journalists, content creators and media entrepreneurs to support their critical work of accurately telling People of African Descent stories and creatively highlighting Black issues.
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Recommendation 77:
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs should provide candidates of African Descent with the necessary resources, including dedicated mental health and counseling support, to allow them to navigate structural challenges and inequities they historically face during and post electoral campaigns.
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Recommendation 76:
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs should invest in initiatives that support and encourage political parties to engage significantly more in the active recruitment of People of African Descent, regardless of gender identity and expression, across all levels of the party from candidature to youth ranks. The Union of Municipalities’ dedicated programming to support gender equality and equity is a useful model to build on.
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Recommendation 75:
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs must prioritize active recruitment of People of African Descent on all governmental and public boards and committees in the province to strengthen diversity and even out opportunities to build experiential knowledge in public governance for People of African Descent. It is strongly recommended that representation be equitable across age, gender and levels of experience or income.
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Recommendation 78:
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Elections BC should develop and propose avenues to legislate for persons resident in BC but not citizens to have a vote in provincial and local elections. The contours of this legislation must be arrived at based on deep and reflective consultations with minority community groups, including leaders and experts of African Descent.
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Recommendation 16:
The Ministry of Labour, The Ministry of Advanced Education, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery should work with employers, particularly those of African Descent, to provide dedicated employment, internship, volunteer and on the job training opportunities. This should include, but not be limited, to subsidized work placements opportunities for youth at risk.
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Recommendation 10:
The Ministry of Labour should ensure that there is an Anti-racism legislation that provides explicit levers against racism in employment and at the workplace. Amongst these levers, the Minister should be empowered to monitor and address the use of algorithms in sorting job applicants as they are most likely to extend human and historical biases against People of African Descent. It is also recommended that the legislation supports the establishment of a dedicated office for advising People of African Descent, and other minorities, on best practices in navigating labour relations in areas such as negotiating employment contracts or severance packages.
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Recommendation 12:
The Ministry of Labour should ensure that the race-based data legislation provides sufficient authority to collect, share and use data to evaluate fairness and equity in the wages provided to workers of African descent. This is critical to promote genuine, fair and accountable anti-racism mechanisms, both in the private and public sectors, that have been identified as non-negotiable prerequisites in contextualizing anti-racism complaints.
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Recommendation 11:
The Ministry of Labour and the Public Service Agency should promote and implement anti-Black racism training for human resource managers and recruiters, both in the public and private sectors. This is particularly critical considering concerns of lack of racial diversity on hiring committees. It is recommended that the PSA introduce specific anti-black racism modules or courses alongside its current diversity and inclusion training.
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Recommendation 14:
The Ministry of Labour and the BC Public Service Agency should embrace and champion equitable hiring practices such as blind hiring and interviewing to further increase fairness in recruitment. This is particularly critical for the PSA whose hiring practices have been strongly criticized by respondents and participants.
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