Reports and Publications
CLAS has produced reports, publications, and extensive research projects in our areas of law. Here are some of our latest work.
Sexual Assault
Stand Informed Promotional Materials
October 2023
These materials promote the Stand Informed legal advice service, providing legal advice for people who have experienced sexual assault in BC. The rack card provides information on sexual assault and how to apply for the free three hour legal advice services. The posters promote and provide contact information to apply for the legal advice services.
Take a look at the Stand Informed promotional materials below:
Housing and Evictions
Rental Recommendations 2015: Reforming the BC Residential Tenancy System
2015
CLAS lawyers worked with the City of Vancouver Renters Advisory Committee on this report, building on the longstanding work of other organizations in order to present recommendations for improving the residential tenancy system.
On Shaky Ground: Fairness at the Residential Tenancy Branch
October 2013
In this comprehensive report, CLAS lawyers investigated the Residential Tenancy Branch’s performance in its key service areas: education, decision making and enforcement. The report reveals serious and troubling deficiencies in the Branch’s work, and makes urgent recommendations for critical changes to the system that is responsible for upholding the rights of tenants and landlords throughout the province.
Read our report on Fairness at the Residential Tenancy Branch >>
BC’s Residential Tenancy System: 13 Recommendations for Change
May 2013
CLAS partnered with housing advocacy groups to present 13 recommendations for urgent changes to the Residential Tenancy Act, which would dramatically improve the lives of landlords and tenants in BC.
Read more about our 13 recommendations for changing BC’s Residential Tenancy System >>
Mental Health Law
Operating in Darkness: BC’s Mental Health Act Detention System
November 2017
This comprehensive report documents research on the BC system for mental health detention and involuntary psychiatric treatment and makes recommendations for change to legislation, regulation, policy, and practice to address unfairness and Charter rights deprivations for individuals with mental disabilities.
Read our report on how to improve BC’s Mental Health System >>
Submissions to the Privacy Commissioner on disclosure of mental health information through police information checks
February 2014
In response to a call for submissions on the practice of disclosing non-conviction information to employers through police information checks, CLAS argued that this practice unjustifiably infringed the privacy of people living with mental illnesses.
Worker-Related Legal Issues
Submissions respecting the Temporary Foreign Worker Program review by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
May 2016
As a response to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities’ invitation for submissions on the future of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, CLAS provided comments on the circumstances of migrant workers in the “lowest-wage streams” within the TFWP and other temporary labour migration programs. The brief examined the vulnerabilities shared by these workers and proposed specific recommendations that would eliminate or reduce them and their potential for harm to migrant workers.
Read submissions about the Temporary Foreign Worker Program >>
Government Benefits
What would it take to make BC the most progressive province for people living with disabilities?
March 2014
As a partner in the Disability Without Poverty Network, CLAS worked with disability advocates to provide detailed and comprehensive recommendations in response to the province’s call for submissions on its Disability White Paper.
Read our submissions to the Province about the Disability White Paper >>
Overdue: The case for increasing the PWD benefit in British Columbia
April 2011
The Disability Without Poverty Network, of which CLAS is a partner, published a passionate report calling for urgent increases to the amount of income assistance provided to people living with disabilities.
Read the report calling for more income assistance for People with Disabilities >>