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Call to action: Finalize the Canada Disability Benefit Regulations
With 1.6 million people with disabilities living below the poverty line, the CDB is not just an important promise—it is an urgent lifeline that must be delivered without further delay.
The Sinking Floor of Social Assistance Clawbacks in British Columbia
Initially envisioned as a short-term safety net, social assistance programs in BC have become a tangled mess for those looking to return to work, or who hope to find pathways off of assistance.
Call to Action: explore rent stabilization to increase housing affordability
We must enact stronger tenant protections, such as vacancy control, to stop the injustice of profit-driven displacement.
Call to action: reinstate the City of Vancouver’s “SRO Vacancy Control Bylaw”
SRO Vacancy control is needed, and it is needed now.
BCPRC In the News: 2020 Roundup
A roundup of articles and videos that the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition was featured in throughout 2020. Including stories from The Tyee, Policy Note, CBC, Global and the Vancouver Sun…