28 health and human rights groups say BC's vaccine card plans intensifies discriminations against already marginalized groups

BC's proof of vaccination plan as it currently stands, fails to account for people who will face legitimate barriers to accessing a vaccine card.

On International Human Rights Day, the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition and Pivot Legal Society are renewing calls for an amendment to the BC Human Rights Code to include protections based on social condition.

Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a unanimous decision on R v Zora; a case about bail breaches in which Pivot intervened with help from Vancouver-based criminal defence lawyer David Fai.

Police across the province are endangering lives and working in direct conflict with health authorities

Because of stigma, our social safety net is often inaccessible to people who need it.

"Conditions of release" are imprisoning vulnerable communities in a cycle of harm that produced criminality

Stigma disqualifies people and groups from social acceptance and social equity