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Recommendation 4:
Where the establishing government body fails to support the full participation of marginalized communities, a commissioner must act to protect their participatory rights. These steps should start with consultation with affected groups about best responses to the government interference and end with, if necessary, the resignation of the commissioner.
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Recommendation 22:
When determining funding levels for public interest or community interveners at a public inquiry, a rough balance should be struck between the legal resources available to government and non-government interests represented. The principle of the indivisibility of the Crown should govern when evaluating the amount of public funding dedicated to protecting and promoting government and government agent interests as compared to public funding dedicated to particular community or public perspectives.
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Recommendation 20:
When a public inquiry targets in whole or in part the activities of the police, current or former members of the police should not be hired to organize or coordinate the inquiry, or be retained to prepare supposedly “independent” reviews of the evidence that will be heard at the inquiry.
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Recommendation 22:
The Provincial Court of British Columbia should: b. amend the Provincial Court of British Columbia, “Bail
Orders Picklist”, May 1, 2017 and Provincial Court of British Columbia, “Probation Orders Picklist” May 1, 2017 to: i. remove “Drug Paraphernalia” conditions; ii. restrict the use of “No Alcohol or Drugs” conditions
in relation to people with addictions; iii. remove “banishment” conditions entirely; iv. ensure that all “red zone” conditions are imposed only where doing so is required to protect the safety of a victim, witness, or the public from violence or serious harm. In doing so, red zones must be tailored to the alleged offence and the circumstances of the individual. Under no circumstances are standardized red zones appropriate; and v. prohibit the imposition of behavioural or geographic conditions that would interfere with the ability to access health or social services, including harm reduction health services.
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Recommendation 23:
The Provincial Court of British Columbia should: Create a Provincial Court resource outlining “harm reduction services,” including a definition of: i. “drug paraphernalia” as harm reduction equipment; ii. “Safe Consumption Sites” and “Overdose Prevention Sites”; iii. needle exchange; iv. opioid substitution treatment; and v. low-barrier health services.
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Recommendation 10:
The Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs (MHMA) must make a province-wide commitment to supporting homeless people to maintain their belongings and to ensuring that homeless people have access to services without fear of losing their possessions. The MHMA must partner with local governments in collaboration with groups of people with lived experience, to train local bylaw officers: a. to recognize and respect the belongings of homeless people; and b. to work effectively with people experiencing homelessness to clean up or discard belongings where there is a pressing public safety, access, or environmental need to do so.
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Recommendation 7:
Those whose conduct is being investigated by the inquiry should have an extremely limited role in influencing the development of the terms of reference.
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Recommendation 3:
The trafficking provisions found in the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act should be maintained as laws of general application and applied in all situations of labour exploitation. Sex work (the consensual exchange of sexual services for money) is not trafficking, and trafficking laws should not be used as a reason to investigate sex workers and sex work businesses unless there is compelling evidence of debt bondage, violence, deprivation of liberty, or similar exploitation.
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Recommendation 39:
The relevant provincial ministries should engage in extensive education and outreach to legislators and staff across the provincial government, and local governments to introduce the stigma-auditing tool to law and policymakers, and to train stigma auditors.
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Recommendation 30:
The Province of British Columbia must amend the Human Rights Code, RSBC 1996, c 210 to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on social condition.
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