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Press Release: Sounding the Alarm on Vancouver's FIFA 2026 Human Rights Action Plan
We do not trust that the Draft Action Plan tackles the FIFA-related harms that the City itself has invited by being a host city.
Call to Action: Recommit to $10-a-day Childcare in Vancouver
Without access to affordable, quality childcare, many parents – particularly women and lone parent households – have no option but to leave the workforce or use unregulated care.
Response to BC Budget 2026
The well-being of our province depends on the well-being of our social safety net.
Call to Action: Reverse the Ban on Supportive Housing
Pitting investment in the adequacy of existing supportive housing against the possibility of new development is a false choice. We need both.
Call to Action: Recertify Vancouver as A Living Wage Employer
City of Vancouver workers deserve a decent and dignified wage.
Call to Action: Support a fare-free transit pilot in Vancouver
Transportation - including transit - is ranked as one of the largest expenses for households.
BCPRC 2024/25 Annual Report
Advancing the right to housing, publishing a zine, and running a provincial election campaign. What a year!
Call to Action: Remove the Spousal Cap
Changes are welcome, but it’s time to remove the spousal cap entirely for all people on disability assistance in BC.
Submission to the City of Vancouver’s 2026 Budget Consultation
Vancouver cannot police its way out of poverty.
Press Release: UBCM calls for Provincial Housing as a Human Right Legislation
Following successful motions in nine municipalities earlier this spring, the Union of BC Municipalities will call on the Government of British Columbia to formally legislate housing as a human right. The motion at the 2025 UBCM overwhelmingly passed.
Open Letter: The Safety Net Is Tearing — Funders Must Act Now
BC’s nonprofit sector is in crisis. An urgent funding shortfall is threatening the survival of essential community services across the province, with over 200 nonprofit leaders calling for immediate action.
Call for BCPRC Society Board nominations 2025
Deadline to apply: Friday, September 12, 2025, 11:59 pm PT.
2-year Term to begin at the BCPRC Annual General Meeting in October 2025.
Call to Action: Protect Supportive Modular Housing in Vancouver
Allowing livable spaces to sit empty during a housing crisis is impractical and uneconomical.
Submission to the CleanBC Review
Tackle inequality, poverty, and climate change simultaneously by prioritizing at-risk communities in all climate justice work
Submission to the Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform
Political parties should prioritize wellbeing over partisan wins.
Submission to BC’s 2026 Budget Consultation
Investing in childcare, non-market housing, and increasing social assistance rates are recommendations rooted in dignity and the vision for a province without poverty.
Press Release: Ten BC City Councils affirm Housing as a Human Right
Vancouver, Burnaby, Victoria and seven more councils join ranks, call on the Province to legislate housing as a human right.
Call to Action: respect Due process, Withdraw Bill 15
A lack of transparency and due process will always exacerbate inequity.
Call to Action: Bring HandyDART under public control
The current privatized, patchwork system places riders and workers in unnecessary precarity.
Submission to TransLink’s 2025 Investment Plan Review
Public transit must remain a dignified, accessible, and reliable choice for people across our communities.

