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In all cases when this material is reproduced we ask that copyright ownership and the source of the material is acknowledged as follows: "© [Copyright Owner's name]. Reproduced with permission from the Our Homes Are Bleeding website (ourhomesarebleeding.ubcic.bc.ca)."

1. Electronic versions of the Evidence from Hearings should be used for informational, educational, interest, and research purposes only.  For legal purposes or other official papers and research the original copies should be consulted.

2. Page numbers on the electronic versions of the Evidence from Hearings correspond to the transcribed, typescript versions made in the 1970s and do not always correspond to the original pagination.  When consulting the originals after using the electronic copies provided here, the page numbers may be off by, at most, 1/2 page.

3. The views expressed in the Commission and related text are not those of the UBCIC, unless they are views expressed and published under the UBCIC name.

4. The words used in the Evidence from Agency Hearings are not those of the UBCIC.

5. Statements made in the Evidence should be interpreted within the context in which they were made. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of their time, and therefore may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes.

6. This is a project in progress.  Features available for some of the Agency hearings may not be available for others.

7. While performing full-text searches, Subject headings were determined throughout the metadata process, therefore, some agencies will not have categories listed that were indicated on the subject heading list.       

8. The Bibliography is a Working Bibliography and will have additions inserted as time progresses.

9. Additions to the French language version of the web site will take longer than additions to the English language version.  The English version may be more up to date.