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Recommendation 206:
Replace the deemed consent provisions of the Mental Health Act and the consent override provisions of the Healthcare (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act and the Representation Agreement Act with a legislative mechanism that protects and respects the patient’s autonomy in making healthcare decisions and allows the patient to include trusted family members and friends in their treatment and recovery process.
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Recommendation 154:
Repeal the mandatory imposition of the victim fine surcharge and give judges the discretion to waive the fine for those unable to pay it.
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Recommendation 150:
Repeal laws that criminalize or increase harm for women in the sex trade.
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Recommendation 10:
Repeal laws that criminalize or increase harm for Indigenous women in the sex trade.
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Recommendation 24:
Repeal and amend legislation that promotes racism and hate including Bill C-59 (the National Security Act) and Bill S-7 (the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act).
Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
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Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
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2019
2019
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Recommendation 149:
Repeal all mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent offences. Implement legislation to allow trial judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences and restrictions on the use of conditional sentences.
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Recommendation 9:
Removing exclusive responsibility for the selection of residents from Faculties of Medicine and putting in place oversight to overcome the bias embedded in the system.
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Recommendation 72:
Remove the age cap and the two-year eligibility requirement for income assistance for the Tuition Waiver Program for youth aging out of care.
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Recommendation 38:
Remove discrimination from the Indian Act by making women and men equal in the ability to pass on status, repair situations where discrimination against women has disadvantaged those claiming status through the mother’s line, and remove the two-parent rule for transmitting status and the 6(2) cutoff that withholds status from the children of many women who are unable or unwilling to provide the father’s name.
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Recommendation 5:
Remove discrimination from the Indian Act by making women and men equal in the ability to pass on status, repair situations where discrimination against women has disadvantaged those claiming status through the mother’s line, and remove the two-parent rule for transmitting status and the 6(2) cutoff that withholds status from the children of many women who are unable or unwilling to provide the father’s name.
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