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Mainland/Southwest
Recommendation 170:
Increased resources, capacity, and funding for section 84 agreements so that Indigenous nations are compensated and can provide full support for Indigenous women seeking section 84 releases. Indigenous communities and organizations should exercise control and self-determination in the development and implementation of reintegration plans.
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Recommendation 156:
Increase the ways in which failures to appear and other violations can be quashed early in the judicial process and take proactive steps to clear bench warrants for Indigenous women.
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Recommendation 127:
Increase the number of culturally appropriate family liaison workers and parenting supports.
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Recommendation 75:
Increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by June 2019 for all workers with no exemptions, and increase it annually till it reaches a living wage that matches the cost of living.
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Recommendation 58:
Increase the federal Old Age Security (OAS), the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), and BC Seniors Supplement.
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Recommendation 175:
Increase supports for Indigenous women on conditional release, particularly through income assistance, employment, counselling, and child care. Permit conditional release options that facilitate Indigenous women to be housed with their children.
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Recommendation 15:
Increase investment in both capital and operating costs for shelter-rate housing, including through the Empty Homes tax, borrowing, reducing the annual police budget, and taxing homes worth over $5,000,000. Invest specifically in permanent new Indigenous housing. Promote family reunification by providing family-sized, culturally safe units in new permanent shelter-rate and social housing.
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Recommendation 160:
Increase Indigenous women’s Access to justice by extending funding to guarantee all Indigenous women have access to full legal aid for criminal and civil legal matters including family, criminal, mental health, and poverty legal aid.
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Recommendation 61:
Increase income and disability rates to the Market Basket Measure to reflect the cost of an adequate standard of living, and index them to inflation.
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Recommendation 121:
Increase financial amounts provided to caregivers under MCFD’s Home of a Relative program.
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