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Letter to the Prime Minister Paul Martin and Premier Gordon Campbell regarding the human rights obligations of federal and provincial governments with respect to social assistance, endorsed by 137 organizations (February 2004)
A letter written to Prime Minister Paul Martin and Premier Gordon Campbell asking them to act immediately, together and separately, to ensure that legislation which imposes a twenty-four month time limit on eligibility for welfare in B.C. is rescinded before April 1, 2004, and that no similar provision is implemented in B.C. or any other province in future.
act immediately, [...]
Posted in Government Submissions Also tagged human rights law, social rights, welfare
The Right to Social Assistance: 14 Questions and Answers (October 2003)
British Columbia is the only province in Canada to place a time limit on
welfare eligibility. From diverse perspectives, many people are concerned
about the harmful results of this harsh and unprecedented new rule. This
report is a response to numerous requests that the Poverty and Human Rights
Project has received from concerned groups and individuals for an analysis
of [...]
Posted in Law Sheets Also tagged Q & As, social assistance, social rights, welfare
Moving Forward on Women’s Equality, Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultation (September 2003)
The B.C. CEDAW Group submits that the federal government, when considering
spending priorities, must take into account 1) the negative impact on women of recent
cuts and changes to social programs and services made in the Province of British
The B.C. CEDAW Group’s submission to the Standing Committee on Finance, outlining that the federal government, when considering spending priorities, [...]
Posted in Government Submissions Also tagged domestic human rights law, human rights law, women's poverty
UN singles out BC government on women’s rights (March 2003)
B.C. is not meeting its obligations to women under international human rights law. That
was the clear message of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women in comments issued recently in New York City.
The U.N. Committee singled out the province of British Columbia for criticism in its
review of Canada’s compliance with the United [...]
Posted in Commentary Also tagged social program cuts, United Nations, welfare, women's poverty
B.C. CEDAW Report: British Columbia Moves Backwards on Women’s Equality
B.C. CEDAW Report: British Columbia Moves Backwards on Women’s Equality, prepared by the Poverty and Human Rights Project for 12 women’s and anti-poverty organizations in British Columbia, submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the occasion of the review of Canada’s 5th report on its compliance with the [...]
Posted in UN Submissions Also tagged economic rights, social rights, United Nations, women's poverty
Who’s in contempt over the Woodward’s squat? (November 2002)
the BC Housing Corporation dropped proceedings against
the 54 Woodwards squatters charged in October with contempt of court for occupying a
publicly-owned and vacant building. The Corporation seems to have realized that
continuing the contempt proceedings against the “Woodwards 54” would have increased
the public’s sympathy for the protesters, and further underlined the contempt that the
provincial government is guilty [...]
Posted in Commentary Also tagged BC Housing Corporation, homelessness, housing, Woodward's squat
Proposed human rights legislation gets failing grade (September 2002)
For the second time in twenty years, the Government of British Columbia has decided to
abolish its Human Rights Commission. If the draft legislation set out in Bill 53 passes,
the Commission will be erased again, this time in the name of providing British
Columbians with a new, more efficient “direct access” model of human rights
enforcement.
For the second [...]
Posted in Commentary Also tagged Human Rights Commission, human rights law
Human rights plunge into the past (April 2002)
Human rights in British Columbia may be about to plunge backwards by twenty years. In
1983 Bill Bennett abolished the Human Rights Commission, fired all the Commissioners
and staff, and narrowed human rights legislation in one sweeping assault. Though a little
slower off the mark, the current government seems poised to substantially weaken the
province’s human rights institutions and [...]
Posted in Commentary Also tagged Human Rights Commission, human rights law
Submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (February 2002)
Submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, prepared by the Poverty and Human Rights Project, endorsed by anti-poverty groups and groups representing Aboriginal people, people with disabilities, seniors, children, and women, notifying the treaty body of planned cuts to social assistance and legal aid in British Columbia.
Submission to the United [...]
Posted in UN Submissions Also tagged social program cuts, United Nations
Take The Welfare Time Limit Off the Books