October 8, 2020
Dear Candidates,
Re: Legislative Recommendations relating to the Tenants Housing Crisis in BC
We wish to bring attention to the housing crisis for tenants in British Columbia as a key platform issue in the upcoming election. This crisis continues to be […]
October 13 2020
Dear Candidates,
Re: BC Election 2020 – Human Rights Reform
It has never been more important to defend and uphold human rights. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, sparking acts of racial violence and hateful conspiracy theories, we have also […]
A Vancouver Island wheelchair user who has spent years asking her strata for changes to make it possible to go to and from her condo safely and without help from friends has won $35,000 in damages and an order for action […]
Vancouver, BC
The BC Court of Appeal overturned a decision that had dismissed the Council of Canadians with Disabilities’ Charter challenge to the laws governing forced psychiatric treatment in BC. The Court of Appeal’s decision confirms the importance of grassroots […]
Re: Preventing Mass Evictions Post-COVID-19 Emergency Period
Dear Minister,
We write to follow up on our previous letters dated March 19, 2020 and March 24, 2020 regarding the eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Since we last wrote regarding this issue, it […]
Last Content Update: April 22nd 2020 @ 5:00pm PST
The BC Government has created the BC Temporary Rental Supplement Program to provide temporary support to renters as part of its response to the […]
The government has created a new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) to help workers impacted by COVID-19. There have also been changes to Employment Insurance (“EI”). […]
Last Update: April 22nd 2020 @ 12:30pm PST
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to our lives. The BC Government has introduced many measures to help protect renters during the state of emergency. The […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) and the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia (EVA BC) launched a new program today geared to help workers facing sexual harassment on the job. Called […]
By Aleem Bharmal, QC, Human Rights Lawyer
Updated May 6, 2021
The BC Human Rights Clinic is representing an Indigenous mother in the case RR v Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) which is set to proceed to hearing at […]
