Government agrees to let families keep EI maternity and parental benefits
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Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
In response to a human rights complaint, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation announced yesterday that it will end the practice of clawing back Employment Insurance (EI) maternity […]
Charter challenge of forced psychiatric treatment filed in BC Supreme Court
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Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Two individuals and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities filed a legal action in the BC Supreme Court today to challenge a BC law that forces psychiatric treatment on people without their […]
Charter challenge of forced psychiatric treatment filed in BC Supreme Court
For Immediate Release
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
CLAS believes that people with mental illness have the right to participate meaningfully in their own treatment and recovery. However, British Columbia’s mental health laws deprive all involuntary patients — including patients living in […]
Family files human rights complaint challenging EI maternity and parental benefits clawback
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Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
The Community Legal Assistance Society has filed a human rights complaint on behalf of a BC woman who had her Employment Insurance (EI) maternity and parental benefits taken away because her partner […]
Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline launched by legal community
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Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Today the legal community in British Columbia launched the Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline, after a nationwide increase in reported incidents of racial and faith-related discrimination against Muslims in recent months. The hotline will connect […]
BC Veterinary Medical Association Engages in Systemic Discrimination Against Indo-Canadian Veterinarians
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Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
In a landmark decision the BC Human Rights Tribunal has recently ruled, after a very lengthy hearing, that the BC Veterinary Medical Association (BCVMA) engaged in systemic discrimination against a group of thirteen Indo-Canadian […]