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 […]
The Community Legal Assistance Society wants to know how the parties in the upcoming BC election will address the issues that matter most to our clients. We are asking questions about our five core areas of practice:
1. Housing Security
2. Income […]
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 […]
July 3, 2020
via email
The Honourable Adrian Dix, M.L.A.
Minister of Health
Room 337 Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
[email protected]
The Honourable Judy Darcy, M.L.A.
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Room 346 Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
[email protected]
Re: Bill 22 – 2020 – Mental Health Amendment Act
Dear Ministers,
We […]
June 26, 2020
VANCOUVER, BC / OTTAWA, ON – Last fall, the Community Legal Assistance Society (“CLAS”) went to Ottawa to argue that powerful companies like Uber should not be able to take away people’s rights using fine print buried deep inside […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
June 25, 2020
Vancouver, B.C. – Tenants’ rights advocates and legal aid professionals in B.C., the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) along with the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (TRAC), are concerned […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Tenant advocates have received reports that some landlords have been barring access to occupants and/or guests in their rental buildings. This action is in direct contravention of section 30 (1)(b) of the Residential Tenancy Act (the “RTA”), […]
