CAMPBELL RIVER – New Democrat MLA Michele Babchuk says vulnerable people in the Strathcona Regional District and City of Campbell River will have greater access to local services which will help tackle homelessness as the community recovers from the impacts of the pandemic.

“When the pandemic was first declared, our communities came together to support the most vulnerable among us,” said Babchuk, MLA for North Island. “Working with the Strathcona Regional District and City of Campbell River, our government is ensuring that these supports will remain available to people when they need them.”

The Strathcona Regional District, in partnership with the City of Campbell River, is receiving over $1 million in joint provincial and federal funding for their Unsheltered Homelessness Response Project which will help fill service delivery gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MLA Babchuk says this investment is part of the Strengthening Communities Program which is providing support to 48 communities across B.C. Over $76 million will support local governments to combat the impacts of homelessness and keep their communities safe and healthy as they recover from the pandemic.

John Horgan and the BC New Democrat government is providing the support people need to build a recovery that leaves no one behind.

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