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B.C. only province in Canada without poverty reduction plan

February 16, 2017
| Low welfare rates, minimal childcare support and skyrocketing rents mean B.C. has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada. The B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition is organizing a week of action.
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Christy Clark government wastes budget surplus on debt repayment

December 19, 2016
| British Columbians are in desperate need of affordable housing, higher social assistance rates and public school funding. Instead the government is spending a budget windfall on paying down the debt.
Length: 13:31 minutes (12.38 MB)
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Jean Swanson: Vancouver's focus on home ownership neglects plight of the homeless

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Last week, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson met with Downtown Eastside residents to discuss the community's housing needs and to respond to the tent city established at 58 West Hastings. The meeting ended with a commitment to rezone the city-owned lot for social housing that has 100 per cent welfare pension-rate rents.

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People with disabilities in B.C. given a choice: buy food or take the bus

March 3, 2016
| In the recent B.C. budget, people with disabilities were given a rate increase of $77 a month. At the same time, the government increased the cost of a monthly bus pass from $3.75 to $52.
Length: 12:51 minutes (11.77 MB)
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Book: First World Hunger Revisited

January 24, 2015
| When food banks first appeared in Canada almost 30 years ago, there was a vigorous public debate about them. Now they are a familiar institution and food poverty has gotten worse.
Length: 21:09 minutes (19.38 MB)
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Clear link between poverty, disease and early death

October 22, 2014
| If you are poor, you're likely to suffer more and die sooner from whatever ailments you have. A recent panel examined the links between poverty and bad health.
Length: 47:11 minutes (43.21 MB)
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Eating for a week on just $26

November 4, 2013
| Raise the Rates issued their second annual Welfare Challenge last month. Participants were asked to eat on the amount of money a welfare recipient has left over after other expenses are paid.
Length: 14:53 minutes (13.64 MB)
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Proposed increase to welfare called insignificant

May 7, 2013
| If the NDP is elected, they say they will increase the basic rate for single, employable people by $20. Activists say this will do nothing to address the problem of poverty in the province.
Length: 15:45 minutes (14.43 MB)
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B.C. NDP disappoints anti-poverty activists with campaign promises on welfare rates
By
Derrick O'Keefe
| April 25, 2013

We've got several articles forthcoming over the next couple of weeks on issues related to tar sands pipelines in B.C. -- a hot button election issue that has proven more surprising and controversial than expected. 

 Here's my latest column on the B.C. election campaign, originally published in The Source newspaper in Vancouver, which looks at the NDP's underwhelming campaign pledges for addressing poverty. For more B.C. election-related news, visit our issues page here. 

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