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Letter to the Prime Minister and BC Premier on welfare time limits
A letter written to Prime Minister Paul Martin and Premier Gordon Campbell, endorsed by 137 organizations, 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to ensure that legislation which imposes a twenty-four month time limit on eligibility for welfare in B.C. is rescinded before April 1, 2004, and that no similar provision is implemented in B.C. or any other [...]
Posted in Submissions to Government Also tagged British Columbia, human rights law, 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 [...]
Posted in Law Sheets Also tagged British Columbia, Q & As, social assistance, welfare
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 Submissions to UN Also tagged British Columbia, economic rights, United Nations, women's poverty
Majority embraces stereotype of the poor (December 2002)
Majority Embraces Stereotype of Poor by Shelagh Day The majority decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in last week’s welfare rights case, Gosselin v Quebec, is a disturbing one. Five judges endorsed a Quebec scheme that consigned thousands of 18 to 30 year old welfare recipients to extreme poverty, and found that it did [...]
Posted in Commentary Also tagged Gosselin v. A.G. Québec, human rights law, poverty, welfare
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 Submissions to Government Also tagged Canadian government, domestic human rights law, economic rights
The Role of International Social and Economic Rights in the Interpretation of Domestic Law in Canada