BC Civil Liberties Association
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Letter expressing concern about, and urging against, the single legal regulator model, which would permit government overreach to control and influence self regulation of lawyers putting at risk the integriy of legal defense, especially in cases brought forward against the government.
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Letter to Premier Horgan asking that BC’s mandatory 3 month waiting period for Provincial health insurance for immigrants be removed to comply with international human rights and to protect the health of all British Columbians amidst a deadly global 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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Health
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Letter urging City of Nelson to support the development of inhalation overdose prevention services
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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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Mental Health and Addictions
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Letter urging Mike Farnworth to direct the withdrawal of RCMP presence on Wet'suwet'en territory
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Letter urging Premier to withdraw Bill 22 and its amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protections of Privacy Act.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Freedom of Information
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Letter urging the city to stop the street sweeps and decampment of resident of the DTES without proper housing plan in place to replace the camps.
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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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Housing
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Letter urging the province to address areas of concern regarding the proof of vaccination health order including vaccination access for migrants, rights of people living in poverty and without access to identification, and people who cannot be vaccinated due to health conditions.
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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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Letter urging the province to cancel their agreement with CBSA which allows immigrants and refugees to be held in provincial jails
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Letter urging the province to cancel their agreement with CBSA which allows immigrants and refugees to be held in provincial jails
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Letter urging the province to disband the C-IRG police unit as a result of the incidents of assault, violence, and unlawful conduct on pacifist Indigenous communities resisting industrial resource operations.
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Letter urging the province to respect the right of people experiencing homelessness to set up tents and temporary housing, provide better housing option for that population, require landlords to fix plumbing in SROs, procure shelter-rate housing units across the city.
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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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Housing
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Meeting with minister to discuss MMIWG2S-related legislation and urge more preventative action and justice for victims of anti-indigenous violence.
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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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Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
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Met with minister to call for certain actions in response to homelessness and encampments in the Province.
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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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Housing
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Met with minister to call for certain actions in response to homelessness and encampments in the Province.
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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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Housing
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Met with Minister to discuss proposed legislative revisions in response to T.L. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2023 BCCA 167
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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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Children and Families
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Press release condemning the deployment of RCMP on Wet'suwet'en land, and urging Premier Horgan to withdraw RCMP presence on such lands.
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Several days of actions, conferences, drafting supporting documentation for hearing and city motion to cancel the BC corrections agreement with the CBSA, which would allow immigrants and refugees to be held in provincial jails.
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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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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Tweet condeming David Eby's suggestion that the state should be able to involuntarily detain and force treatment on people who use drugs.
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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
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Wrote an open letter urging the removal of sections 1 and 2 from Bill 45, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 4), 2023. These provisions defined adequate alternative shelter for the purspose of granting injunctions to evict tent cities.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Housing
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