This brief provides an overview of increased instances of discrimination on the basis of social condition within the current context of COVID-19, as well as previous reports and consultations that have documented the extent of this systemic discrimination. It also centres the voices of low-income people who face this form of discrimination in their every day lives with no access to justice because of the omission of social condition from the list of protected grounds within the B.C. Human Rights Code.

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