Simon Fraser Student Society
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Advocating for anti-racist education at all levels (primary, secondary, and post-secondary), and seeking improved education on Black and Indigenous history in the provincial curriculum.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Advanced Education, Education
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Advocating for elimination of BC MSP premiums for international post-secondary students and further advocating for the publishing of guidelines for post-secondary institutions to check the enrollment of students in the MSP program to ensure they are not enrolled in a public and private primary healthcare plan.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education, Health
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Advocating for the abolishment of police forces under provincial jurisdiction, including but not limited to detachment policing units, transit police, E-Division RCMP (working with the federal government to dismantle the current agreement), and other integrated teams throughout the province. Furthermore, advocating for the reallocation of funds to fund social services that address the root causes of public health and safety issues, such as accessible mental health services, addiction services, other health services, homelessness services and programs and homelessness prevention programs, provision of recreation and/or community centres, after-school programs, and community based de-escalation services.
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to have the private sector instead of the Crown provide goods or services to the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Finances and Budgets, Health, Hospitals, Housing, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Addictions, Municipal Affairs, Poverty, Sports and Recreation, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
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Advocating for the collection of race-based and socio-demographic data led by racialized (notably Black
and Indigenous) researchers and the data being co-owned by racialized communities.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education, Finances and Budgets, Health, Justice and Law Enforcement
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Advocating for the establishment of policies in line with the "Six Principles of a Just Recovery" to address the inequalities created or further entrenched by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19
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Advocating for the strengthening of and increasing funding to the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training’s sexual violence prevention support working group to ensure it is committed to assisting post-secondary institutions with improving sexual violence prevention policies, so they are more intersectional, inclusive, and and supportive of vulnerable populations including LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, Black, and disabled communities, and single parents.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education
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Seeking a 2% annual increase cap on international student tuition through the inclusion of international students in the Tuition Limit Policy, and advocating for drafting guidelines for post-secondary institutions in order to provide students with the cost of their degree over a 4-year period to inhibit unforeseen increase in tuition fees.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education
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Seeking increased funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training to post-secondary institutions in B.C. (increasing operating grants and capital funding) and work towards providing free post-secondary education.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Advanced Education, Finances and Budgets
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