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Established in 1997, the CCPA’s BC Office investigates key challenges facing our province through independent research, analysis and expertise. We propose real, workable solutions, and share our findings as widely as possible to advance social, economic and environmental justice – and to challenge the message that there is no alternative.
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‘Tis the Season to Rethink Our Charitable Giving
It’s December, the season for charitable giving. Wherever you turn you see boxes and bins collecting non-perishable food items for the local food bank or…
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Latest poverty stats show BC still has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada
The latest poverty statistics were released by Statistics Canada last Wednesday, and the data once again shows that British Columbia has one of the highest…
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Child care is a human right
By Lynell and Melanie Anderson Our understanding of rights evolves along with society, yet the required and corresponding evolution in government policy in BC is…
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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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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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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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An effective poverty reduction plan is not just a piece of paper
Last week, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition published its annual report card on child poverty in BC. As in past years, the…
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