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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: Nine BC City Councils affirm Housing as a Human Right
Vancouver, Burnaby, Victoria and six 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.
Analysis: BC Budget 2025 Leaves People in Poverty Behind
A rising tide lifts all boats, but Budget 2025 is a ripple where we hoped to see waves.
Call to action: Ensure Transit as a Public Good
Safety and equity are a primary concern when considering loss of TransLink services.
Call to action: Respect the human rights of encampment residents
Providing access to dignified, culturally relevant, and adequate housing along the spectrum of need is a much-needed intervention into how we respond to encampments.
Call to action: BC needs a National School Food Program agreement
Full bellies allow young minds to flourish, imagine, and connect.
Open letter: On Involuntary Treatment and Recrim
BC government: it’s time to act with urgency, address B.C.’s drug poisoning public health emergency.
National Housing Day 2024 Press Release
The province must reclaim its central role in shaping housing as a public good.
Call to action: declare Gender-based Violence an epidemic
GBV is pervasive in our province, with nearly 47% of women in BC experiencing some form of violence.
The Sinking Floor of Social Assistance Clawbacks in British Columbia
Initially envisioned as a short-term safety net, social assistance programs in BC have become a tangled mess for those looking to return to work, or who hope to find pathways off of assistance.
Call to Action: explore rent stabilization to increase housing affordability
We must enact stronger tenant protections, such as vacancy control, to stop the injustice of profit-driven displacement.
Call to action: reinstate the City of Vancouver’s “SRO Vacancy Control Bylaw”
SRO Vacancy control is needed, and it is needed now.