By Country
Canada
Show me all types of advances during COVID-19
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| Indigenous Community Support Fund | Equality, Indigenous peoples |
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Starting in March 2020, Canada put in place a fund that “helps Indigenous communities and organizations prevent, prepare and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).” The fund supports the following… |
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| Public Policy Exempting Certain Out-of-Status Foreign Nationals in Canada from Immigration Requirements: COVID-19 Program Delivery | Equality, Migration, asylum, and trafficking |
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A policy was put into place “to exempt foreign nationals from certain requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) if… |
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| Helping People Who Use Substances During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Health, Social-economic rights |
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Recognizing that “[t]he COVID-19 pandemic is adding to the ongoing public health crisis related to high rates of overdose and deaths, as well as acute substance use harms,” Health Canada… |
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| COVID-19: Eviction Bans and Suspensions to Support Renters | Housing, Social-economic rights |
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Because “rental housing falls under provincial jurisdiction” in Canada, provinces and territories including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward… |
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| British Columbia Temporary Rental Supplement Program | Housing, Social-economic rights |
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The BC [British Columbia] Temporary Rental Supplement Program “gave tenants and landlords temporary support towards rent payments from April to August of 2020 for low- and moderate-income renters who lost… |
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| COVID-19 Contract Information | Governance, Rule of law |
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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)’s website “disclos[es] supplier names and contract values for contracts that it has entered into on behalf of other government departments and agencies for PPE… |
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| Government of Canada Launches New COVID-19 Related Challenges to Help Reduce Environmental Impact of PPE in Canada | Environmental justice, Governance |
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The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced “two challenges through the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) program to make personal protective equipment (PPE) more compostable and recyclable.” The challenges seek… |
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| Bill 204, Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 | Housing, Social-economic rights |
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Provisions of this measure enacted in Ontario include “temporary protections for certain commercial tenants,” “a residential rent freeze,” and the non-effectiveness of “[e]viction orders for rent arrears . . …. |
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