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Release: West Coast LEAF and LEAF intervene at Supreme Court of Canada on common-sense assumptions in sexual assault law

May 17, 2023 – For Immediate Release Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory – Tomorrow, West Coast LEAF and LEAF are jointly intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in HMK v Tsang, a case that will have far-reaching Read More

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Submission on BC’s updated Poverty Reduction Strategy

West Coast LEAF has made a submission to the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, as part of the call for updates to TogetherBC: B.C.’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Our submission urges the ministry to take an intersectional and Read More

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Release: A huge win for parents’ right to privacy at BC Court of Appeal

For Immediate Release – April 25, 2023 Vancouver, unceded Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) homelands – Yesterday, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released a decision that improves protections for parents’ right to privacy when being surveilled Read More

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Joint Submission in response to MCFD’s Social Work Oversight Engagement

Alongside Rise Women’s Legal Centre, Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS), Feminists Deliver, and individual signatories Frances Rosner and Meena Dhillon, West Coast LEAF made a joint submission to the Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD) to provide input into Read More

Release: Coalition calls on BC government for pay equity legislation

Press Release: Over 125 organizations and advocates demand BC enact pay equity legislation March 2, 2023 – For Immediate Release Vancouver, unceded Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) homelands – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC Read More

Open letter: Coalition calls on BC government for pay equity legislation

West Coast LEAF has joined a coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates who are calling on the BC government to urgently enact pay equity legislation. BC is tied with Alberta for having the worst Read More

Challenging the Ministry of Children and Family Development’s culture of risk and surveillance

We are calling on the BC government and Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) to dismantle the framework for policing and surveilling families. The current culture, policies, training, and tools that guide the family policing system in BC Read More

Joint submission in response to MCFD’s Child, Family, and Community Service legislative reform

Alongside Keeping Families Together, Parents Advocating Collectively for Kin, RainCity Housing and Support Society, Atira Women’s Resource Society, Feminists Deliver, and several individual signatories, West Coast LEAF made a joint submission to the Ministry of Child and Family Development’s Read More

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