Tackle inequality, poverty, and climate change simultaneously by prioritizing at-risk communities in all climate justice work

Investing in childcare, non-market housing, and increasing social assistance rates are recommendations rooted in dignity and the vision for a province without poverty.

Public transit must remain a dignified, accessible, and reliable choice for people across our communities.

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.

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.

We must enact stronger tenant protections, such as vacancy control, to stop the injustice of profit-driven displacement.

SRO Vacancy control is needed, and it is needed now.

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…