Clicklaw Monthly Roundup: September 2020

We share with you a monthly roundup of changes to Clicklaw’s collection. Here is a summary of updates done in September 2020.

Solve Problems

Disability Tax Credit Tool (new)
by Disability Alliance BC
The Canadian Disability Tax Credit (DTC) can help reduce the taxes you or someone who supports you owe, and offers other great benefits. To apply, your healthcare provider will need to fill out the DTC Certificate (form T2201). This tool is designed to give them the info needed to fill out that form.

Legal Aid BC

• French language version added or updated for the following resources:
  • Defending Yourself: Breach of a Court Order
  • Defending Yourself: Theft Under $5,000
  • If You Can’t Get Legal Aid for Your Criminal Trial: How to Make A Rowbotham Application
  • If You’re Charged with a Crime
  • Representing Yourself in a Criminal Trial
  • Speaking to the Judge Before You Are Sentenced
• COVID-19 resources added or updated, including:
  • COVID-19 updates — Finances and support
  • COVID-19 updates — Abuse & family violence
  • COVID-19 and the law: your questions answered
  • Click here to see all Legal Aid BC’s COVID-19 resources on Clicklaw

Reform & Research

Disaggregated demographic data collection in British Columbia: The grandmother perspective
by BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
This report reaffirms the calls to collect disaggregated data to advance human rights. It offers a framework for disaggregated data collection that is grounded in “the grandmother perspective”. The framework defines the important difference between tools, process and purpose.

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