The B.C. Liberals will not be ending their heartless clawbacks of child support according to a new disabilities report released Monday, say the New Democrats. “The B.C. Liberals consult, consult and consult some more, then decide in a report that …
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back to Brittny AndersonAuditor General Report shows B.C. Liberals are failing people with disabilities
VICTORIA— An Auditor General report shows that disability assistance is being mismanaged, with supports that are difficult to access and often don’t meet the basic food and shelter needs of people with disabilities, say New Democrats. “New Democrats have been …
Teenage girl asks B.C. Liberals to end the clawback, give her child support back
VICTORIA – New Democrats are standing with a mother and her teenage daughter who are being hurt by the B.C. Liberals’ policy of taking child support from children of single parents on disability and other income supports. Victoria mother Jessica …
B.C. Liberals putting children and families at risk with broken $200 million system
VICTORIA— Two years after being warned that the almost-$200 million Integrated Case Management system is critically flawed and puts children and families at risk, the B.C. Liberals have failed to fix problems with the system, which has been crashing for …
New Democrats offer the province a path out of poverty
VICTORIA— While B.C. Liberal policies are directly increasing and deepening poverty for many families, New Democrats are offering British Columbians a path out of poverty with the introduction of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act. “B.C. has had the …
Stop child support clawbacks, say New Democrats
VICTORIA — It’s time for the B.C. Liberal government to stop taking money out of the hands of B.C.’s poorest kids say the New Democrats. “Child support payments belong to children, not to the government,” said New Democrat social development …
Child support clawbacks hurt B.C.’s poorest children
VICTORIA— It’s wrong for the B.C. Liberal government to take every nickel of child support from B.C.’s poorest children, say New Democrats. “Half of single mothers and their children in B.C live in poverty,” said New Democrat social development critic …
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B.C.’s New Democrats mark International Women’s Day by highlighting some of the key moments in gender equity in Canada.
B.C. Liberals fail children living in poverty, abandon poverty reduction pilot projects
VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberals have failed to address child and family poverty by abandoning a series of child poverty reduction pilot projects and failing to implement a province-wide poverty reduction strategy in their place, say New Democrats. “The child …
Liberals fail to make affordability a priority for B.C. families
VICTORIA— The cancelled fall session means the B.C. Liberal government isn’t in Victoria passing legislation to take real action to reduce poverty and increase affordability for B.C. families on this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, say New Democrats. …