Vancouver City Council |
MOTION ON NOTICE
Submitted by Councillor Sullivan for the Regular Council meeting of February 10, 2004.
3. Anti-discrimination
WHEREAS people who are unemployed and/or in financial difficulties reside all over the city
WHEREAS the City does not discriminate against people based on where they live or any other attribute
WHEREAS the City should show fairness to all its citizens regardless of the neighbourhood in which they live or whether they have a fixed address
WHEREAS homeless people with no fixed address may be discriminated against as a result of city hiring practices which legislate private sector employers to employ individuals based on the neighbourhood in which they can demonstrate residency;
WHEREAS establishing a precedent of legislating private or public sector employers to hire individuals from one Vancouver neighbourhood over another could be perceived as a discriminatory hiring practice;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City will not encourage or legislate private or public sector employers to discriminate in their hiring practices of Vancouver citizens based on any attribute including the geographic neighbourhood in which they live.
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City encourage all private sector employers to place as a priority the training and hiring of low-income and homeless individuals from throughout the city.
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT given the need for economic revitalization of the Downtown Eastside, that every measure be taken to help increase the number of local job opportunities within that community.
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