Protect Hotel Workers' Jobs
50,000 hotel workers laid off due to Covid-19 are worrying how they will put food on the table, pay rent, and support their families next month.
Celebrating a win! On September 1, 2020, laid-off hotel workers ended the “Fast for Our Jobs” hunger strike in Maple Ridge after winning a pathway to recall rights.
Celebrating a win! On September 1, 2020, laid-off hotel workers ended the “Fast for Our Jobs” hunger strike in Maple Ridge after winning a pathway to recall rights.
End Old Growth Forest Logging
Take action: call on the BC Government to end logging of productive growth forest.
Celebrating a win! Last Friday, the B.C. government passed a new Old Growth Forest Strategy, which repeatedly named the need for a paradigm shift towards conservation, agreeing to protect over 350,000 hectares of Old Growth Forest and defer current logging plans. [Read more]
Celebrating a win! Last Friday, the B.C. government passed a new Old Growth Forest Strategy, which repeatedly named the need for a paradigm shift towards conservation, agreeing to protect over 350,000 hectares of Old Growth Forest and defer current logging plans. [Read more]
Housing For All
Call on our municipal and provincial governments to create affordable housing across Victoria to end homelessness.
Read Our Op-Ed: GVAT Supports Victoria's Call to House the Homeless
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a resolution based on our campaign!
Saanich - Campaign underway; take action!
Esquimalt - Campaign underway; take action!
Oak Bay - Campaign underway; take action!
Read Our Op-Ed: GVAT Supports Victoria's Call to House the Homeless
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a resolution based on our campaign!
Saanich - Campaign underway; take action!
Esquimalt - Campaign underway; take action!
Oak Bay - Campaign underway; take action!
Police-Free Mental Health Crisis Response Team
Call on government to create a police-free mental health and addictions crisis mobile response team.
Take action: write to the Times Colonist in response to Jack Knox's pro-police article
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a supportive motion.
Send a letter to your municipal council [Coming soon!]
Take action: write to the Times Colonist in response to Jack Knox's pro-police article
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a supportive motion.
Send a letter to your municipal council [Coming soon!]
Creating a 'Just and Green Recovery' from COVID-19
We submitted recommendations to the provincial and federal governments for policies to ensure a 'just and green' recovery from COVID-19.
COVID-19 Policy Asks
We call on government to implement the following policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
- A moratorium on evictions during the COVID-19 outbreak, for individuals who cannot afford their rental payments. The provincial government has already implemented this for people in subsidized housing, but that still leaves out a lot of people who will need help. [POLICY ACHIEVED]
- Cancellation of basic utilities payments during the outbreak for lower and middle income individuals only.
- Quick establishment of safe emergency shelters for the unhoused (one room per person), followed by transition of all the homeless into supportive or social housing. This is now a public health issue, in addition to being a moral issue.
- Subsidized childcare for healthcare workers and support staff in the healthcare system during the pandemic.
