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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 British Columbia, human rights law, women's poverty
Recommendations to Heritage Canada regarding information that should be included in Canada’s 4th report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (October 2001)
A letter from the Poverty and Human Rights Project to Heritage Canada on four issues which are of critical importance to the overall approach taken by Canada as a State Party to the implementation of economic and social rights in response to a request for input from non-governmental organizations into Canada’s fourth report on its compliance with the International Covenant on [...]
Posted in Government Submissions Also tagged Canadian government, economic rights, social rights
The Role of International Social and Economic Rights in the Interpretation of Domestic Law in Canada