March 23, 2009
In 2005, BCPIAC filed a complaint with the BC Ombudsman because of widespread concerns about unfair practices experienced by poor people who need assistance from the ministry. Today the the BC...
March 21, 2009
The Saskatchewan government has released the 2009-2010 Budget and unlike many other provinces is predicting economic growth and a surplus. Included in the budget is $12.5 million to adjust shelter...
March 21, 2009
A story in the Tyee investigates how homelessness is growing in small towns in northern BC where shelter and affordable housing is scarce and there are few opportunities for homeless people to escape...
March 21, 2009
With increasing homelessness due to a lack of affordable housing and the downturn in the economy, the Government of Alberta has endorsed a ten year plan to end homelessness. According to the...
March 16, 2009
The City of Calgary has tentatively agreed to a guaranteed "living wage" for its part-time and full-time employees but it won't extend the guarantee to on-call and casual workers, the only ones who...
March 11, 2009
The HUMA Committee, the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)in the House of Commons has released a summary on the...
March 11, 2009
A new study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has found that today's poor and middle class families in BC are in worse financial shape than their parents’ generation. The study...
March 11, 2009
Congratulations to advocate, Sian Thomsom who has won a BC Community achievement Award for her work as a founder and organizer of JADE, the Justice, Advocacy, Dignity and Empowerment Society....
March 5, 2009
Long-time PovNet Board member Alayne Keough died of cancer this week in Vancouver. Alayne was an advocate with the Downtown East Side Resident’s Association (DERA) for many years and then worked at...
March 1, 2009
In the past week, the Ontario government introduced anti-poverty legislation aimed at reducing child poverty by 25 per cent in five years. The bill won't make it a law for Ontario to reduce poverty...
