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Housing isn’t just shelter
The housing challenges we are experiencing in Canada are not unique, but Canada is falling behind other countries.
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BC must provide education to foster discrimination-free workplaces and services
Today, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Poverty and Human Rights Centre released a report on the need for a human rights commission…
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The BC Human Rights Commission and Mental Health
In BC the human rights of people experiencing mental illness are routinely violated through the use of Section 28 under the BC Mental Health Act…
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BC needs a Human Rights Commission – now
Human rights are everyone’s business. The social climate we live in affects us all. When people are subjected to prejudice and discrimination because they are…
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BC’s workers need a human rights commission
Let me explain BC’s strategy for addressing discrimination. First, we ask someone to experience it. Then we ask that person to understand a complex area…
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Preventing discrimination before it occurs
The human rights process starts with the filing of a complaint of discrimination. In BC, the complaint is filed with the BC Human Rights Tribunal.…
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Report points to “gaping hole” in BC’s system of human rights protection
Researchers call for an independent Human Rights Commission as BC fails to meet Canadian and international standards READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver—Today is International…
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Strengthening Human Rights
Why British Columbia Needs a Human Rights Commission Download 1.36 MB73 pages The absence of a human rights commission has resulted in a gaping hole…
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Fast Facts: Make new development fund affordable housing
City council will vote on a plan for a new suburb on the northwest edge of Winnipeg on December 10. As it stands, the proposed…
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From discrimination against temporary foreign workers to sexual harassment, there’s no shortage of issues a human rights commission could tackle
British Columbia is the only province in Canada that does not have a Human Rights Commission. That makes us the weakest province when it comes…
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Moving to the City
Housing and Aboriginal Migration to Winnipeg Download 2.18 MB 46 pages Winnipeg can only succeed if the Aboriginal people of this city find success. Ensuring…
