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Human Rights & Equality platforms

Here's what the candidates in Peace River South, and their parties, are promising.

Accessibility

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BC Liberals

  • Increase the supply of fully-accessible housing units for persons with disabilities in newly-built multi-unit residential buildings.
  • Modernize the BC Building Code to address accessibility.

BC NDP

Work with people across the province to develop and bring in comprehensive accessibility legislation.

Diversity in government

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BC Liberals

Adopt and ensure diversity commitments for hiring in the public service and for government-appointed boards.

BC NDP

Support increased representation of Indigenous, Black, and people of colour within government, and set targets for representation in the public sector.

Gender-based violence

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BC Liberals

  • Extend the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act beyond public post-secondary institutions to all of government.
  • Adopt Clare's Law, making violent criminal histories open to those at risk, esp. potential partners.

BC NDP

  • Develop an action plan to end gender-based violence, including minimum standards for sexual assault response.
  • More training for police, crown council and justices.
  • Establishing core funding for sexual assault centres.

Immigration

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We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Immigration.

BC NDP

Streamline foreign credential assessments processed by various regulatory bodies and health-related Colleges to make sure immigrants can access job opportunities in their field.

Period poverty

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We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Period poverty.

BC NDP

Create a multi-sector Period Poverty Task Force to develop a long-term response to period poverty.

Policing

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BC Liberals

  • Establish more Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Teams to respond to mental health calls.
  • Require police services to adopt anti-racism & anti-discriminatory conduct policies.
  • Establish standards to eliminate arbitrary racial-profiling.
  • Increase use of non-armed police patrols.

BC NDP

Modernize the Police Act based on the recommendations of the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act, prioritizing tackling systemic racism, creating a dedicated hate crime unit within local forces, and reviewing training and procedures for "wellness checks".

Racism

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BC Liberals

Ensure all government services are free of racism and prejudice, and require all government offices to follow anti-racism policies.