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Child Poverty News and Actions
Did you know that BC has the highest child poverty rate in Canada ad the lowest minimum wage? Are you aware that BC has no concrete plan to tackle child poverty while seven other provinces do?

WANTED: A government with the will to tackle child poverty.

Do you want to take action?
Please add your voice to the call to end child poverty.  Members are encouraged to sign onto the open call for BC to have a Poverty Reduction Plan legislating targets and timelines to dramatically reduce and ultimately end poverty and homelessness.

You can sign on at www.bcpovertyreduction.ca

The Dignity for All Campaign calls for vigorous and sustained action by the federal government to combat the structural causes of poverty in Canada (www.dignityforall.ca)

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A Victory for Democracy: Bill C-393 will proceed to a vote in the House of Commons
Bill C-393 - life-saving legislation to reform Canada's broken Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) - has overcome a procedural hurdle and will move on to a final vote in the House of Commons.  The bill received the unanimous consent of the House required to transfer its sponsorship to a sitting MP, thereby enabling it to continue through the democratic process in Parliament.  Click here to read more.

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Consider signing this petition supporting transgender people.

Bill C-389 - An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

If Parliament survives through the Fall then this bill may make it to debate.  Encourage members to support Bill Siksay efforts to pass this Bill into law.  Please sign and distribute copies of the petition (see link below) and return completed copies to Bill Siksay’s office.

The address is listed at the bottom of the petition.

Here is a link to the petition to Parliament supporting Bill C-389: http://action.web.ca/home/billsiksay/attach/Trans%20Petition%20Bill%20C-389.pdf

Here is a link to the text of Bill C-389:  http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Parl=40&Ses=2&Mode=1&Pub=Bill&Doc=C-389_1

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A New Petition for 5WCW
There are new circumstances and possibilities for a UN 5th World Conference on Women. This week, a petition was launched for 5WCW. The preamble provides information and an impressive list of signatories. The petition itself says simply: We, the undersigned, call on the UN, 192 member-states & affiliated NGOs to support a 5th World Conference on Women.

To sign the petition, click on the link below and then urge your friends and organizations to also sign. Ripple effects are geometric. Makes going viral possible!