Given the intersectional, complex nature of poverty as a structure in Canada, our submission to the 2027 Federal Budget calls for meaningful investment across the social safety net and collaboration between all levels of government.

BC’s nonprofit sector is in crisis. An urgent funding shortfall is threatening the survival of essential community services across the province, with over 200 nonprofit leaders calling for immediate action.

Economic injustice and inequalities faced by women and gender-diverse people go hand-in-hand with the barriers to accessing adequate housing.

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.

Many of our BC partners have been organizing responses to BC’s review of its immigration detention contract with CBSA to incarcerate migrants and refugee claimants in provincial jails.

On April 2, the BC government announced emergency financial support including an extra $300 per month for people receiving income and disability assistance and some very low income seniors, for three months. After responding to the announcement together on the CBC…

This is the second BCPRC COVID-19 Public Progress Alert. Progress Alerts will highlight the unfolding work of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, our members and allies, and the collective advocacy we must undertake to ensure safety, health and economic justice for all during the COVID-19 crisis.

As COVID-19 sweeps the globe and communities throughout BC, the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition calls on the provincial government to implement a suite of emergency measures to…