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2022
Recommendation 55:
It is important that any dedicated anti-racism action plan emphasizes the need for evaluation and assessment systems that consider and account for conscious and unconscious biases. Such biases on the part of students and members of review committees tend to work against the career advancement of academics and administrators of African Descent, and of other racialized groups.
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Recommendation 24:
Introduce universal coverage for all Canadians for prescription drugs, dental care, eye care, hearing aids, and assistive devices/products as essential aspects of health care.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 13:
Intensify efforts to help immigrants and refugees adjust to life in Canada by enhancing employment assistance, removing long-standing barriers to foreign-trained professionals accessing jobs in their field, making more language training with child care available, and improving employment standards and human rights protections and enforcement.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 1:
Index the BC Seniors Supplement to inflation consistent with other income supports such as GIS/OAS and CPP.
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Recommendation 6:
Index the BC family benefit to inflation to ensure the value of the benefit does not erode over time.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 3:
Increase the number of Seniors Subsidized Housing Units with a particular focus on rural B.C. where the overall supply of rental accommodation for seniors is most challenging.
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Recommendation 16:
Increase program funding and support for families raising children with disabilities and complex medical needs to ensure they have timely, universal access everywhere in BC to a core suite of early intervention therapies; timely assessments; family respite; inclusive child care; health, medical and in-home supports.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
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First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 17:
Increase investment in public health initiatives aimed to support maternal and parental health and healthy infant development, as well as non-barriered, free, community-based programs and services for all families with young children to ensure these supports are available throughout the province and designed to reach families experiencing poverty and other threats to their ability to thrive.
2022 BC Child Poverty Report Card
Group/author:
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society
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2022
2022
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Recommendation 4:
Increase awareness of the Property Tax Deferral Program and examine an expansion of the program for low- and modest-income seniors to defer other costs such as strata fees, hydro costs and other municipal charges. Examine how seniors living in co-operative housing might be able to take advantage of the program.
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Recommendation 10:
In retail context in particular:
- Establish clear and efficient workflows for status card use, to make this common experience more seamless for all involved.
- Ensure training about the tax exemption, and how to appropriately process the tax exemption.
- Ensure orientation to expected behaviours of staff when processing a status card – including definitions, examples, and negative consequences for displaying racism, discrimination, stereotyping, and microaggressions.
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