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Economic Security

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21 Days of Paid Sick Leave: A Feminist Issue

As Canada and the world adapts to a “new normal,” we’re grappling with the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened economic precarity and made inequality increasingly visible. The economic fallout of the pandemic is undeniable. Small businesses are Read More

Tags: economic justice economic security feminist economic justice paid leave paid sick leave. 21 days paid sick leave

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Addressing the Child Support Crisis in Canada

In 2018, in anticipation of amendments to the federal Divorce Act, Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, brought public attention to the vast scope of unpaid child support in Canada. “There are billions of dollars in unpaid child support payments in Read More

Tags: access to justice child support Colucci v. Colucci economic security feminization of poverty Freedom from Gender-Based Violence right to parent

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Mind the Pay Gap: How Legislation Could Help End Pay Discrimination in BC

We, Anastasia, Ashley, Megan and Zev, are graduate students at the School of Public Policy at SFU. We are taking over this week’s FThis! Blog to speak about our partnership with West Coast LEAF on the BC Priorities Project, Read More

Tags: economic justice economic security feminist economic justice pay equality pay equity pay transparency poverty

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Four busted-myths about legal aid in BC: Access to justice shouldn’t be reserved for those who can afford it

No one should have to experience trying to navigate the legal system to secure safety for themselves and their children, without a lawyer, while fleeing a violent partner. But in BC, it’s all-too-common.   Photo Credit: Sai De Silva on Unsplash Read More

Tags: access to justice family violence Freedom from Gender-Based Violence lawyers legal aid social supports

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International Migrants Day: A Long Road to Justice

December 18 is International Migrants Day, which marks an important occasion to reflect on and amplify migrant justice activism. I had the privilege of sitting down with Juliana Dalley (she/her/hers), staff lawyer at Migrant Workers Centre (MWC), a legal Read More

Tags: Freedom from Gender-Based Violence immigration migrant justice migrant workers work permits

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Basic Income: Magic potion, empty promise, or small part of a bigger picture

In the summer of 2018, the province of BC announced that it was putting together an expert committee to study whether a basic income could reduce poverty and address the changes that will be brought on by emerging economic Read More

Tags: basic income economic security poverty reduction

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