The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
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Advocacy regarding changes to result in the reduced use of incarceration for women, particularly Indigenous women through reduction of holding women over for Show Cause bail hearing; increased releases on a Promise to Appear; and reduced use of multiple conditions for bail in keeping with R V Zora. Publication of these stats on a race based basis.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Health, Housing, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Justice and Law Enforcement, Poverty
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Advocacy regarding changes to result in the reduced use of incarceration for women, particularly Indigenous women through reduction of holding women over for Show Cause bail hearing; increased releases on a Promise to Appear; and reduced use of multiple conditions for bail in keeping with R V Zora. Publication of these stats on a race based basis.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Health, Housing, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Justice and Law Enforcement, Poverty
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Change Health Authority directive regarding the exclusion of the acceptance of referrals for bed-based substance use treatment centres from criminal justice system (bail, remand, probation, court order etc)
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Addictions
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Development of homeless outreach family support workers to respond to the lack of housing stock for at risk and homeless women and children
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Housing, Justice and Law Enforcement, Poverty
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Development of hybrid bed-based models that allow women as sole caregivers to bring their children with them while undertaking substance use treatment
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Health, Mental Health and Addictions
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Funding for an Indigenous BC women's organization to address the link between criminalization and intersecting issues of victimization and violence and the social services needed
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Justice and Law Enforcement
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Increased housing for women and women with children, to respond to the increased homelessness of women and children, in the community with the busiest criminal court for women.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Housing
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Increased provision of community options, and access to that information by court personnel, to enable alternate measures at sentencing in keeping with the Criminal Code of Canada
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Housing, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Addictions, Poverty
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Provide access to space within the Surrey Courthouse to enable EFry and community organizations to support women before the courts in the development of community alternative plans
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Request for change to Crown Council policy regarding consideration of the best interests of the child at time of sentencing.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Human Rights, Justice and Law Enforcement
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The care and conditions of confinement for youth incarcerated in the province
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families
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The hearing of domestic violence and family court issues together to reduce administrative offences and the disproportionate criminalizing of Indigenous individuals/families and improvement of women's safety
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Children and Families, Justice and Law Enforcement
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