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Tax cuts don’t make up for BC’s low minimum wages
Responding to news of Ontario’s latest minimum wage increase (to $10.25 per hour), BC’s labour minister Murray Coell held firm on his government’s commitment to…
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Child Poverty in BC — taking a look back
In response to the provincial government’s efforts to explain away child poverty stats, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition (which produces the annual…
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New Brunswick Plans for a $10 Minimum Wage
On January 5, New Brunswick’s provincial government announced plans to increase their minimum wage from the current $8.25 per hour to $10 over the next…
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Healthy eating put out of reach for the poor
Remember the Premier’s “Great Golden Goal” (G3?) about healthy eating? True, we don’t hear so much about it these days. But it was a laudable…
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Food Bank use takes a distressing jump
On Tuesday, Food Banks Canada (the national association of food banks) released its annual Hunger Count report. While the report received some good national coverage…
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The catch-22 of low-income benefits that are phased out quickly
My friend Emily is a single mom. She works full time for a salary that keeps her and her child above the poverty line but…
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Will job creation solve our poverty problems?
You may recall that during the leaders’ debate prior to last May’s election, Gordon Campbell argued that creating jobs is the best poverty reduction strategy…
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Poverty reduction and the party platforms
The CCPA is a member of the BC Poverty Reduction Committee, the network that has been pressing all the BC political parties to commit to…
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Wishing away child poverty
This past week, local CTV news ran a series on child poverty called “BC’s Shame”. They’ve posted the series on their website, along with the…
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Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words
Or twenty thousand as the case may be. The CCPA published a number of major studies in recent years about BC’s unacceptably high levels of…
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Food as a right of citizenship
I came across an interesting piece in YES! Magazine about a city in Brazil that took an innovative approach to poverty reduction and practically ended…
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Well, now that Alberta is doing it …
You could say that BC is more than a little sweet on Alberta. We love their individualistic, tax-cutting, tar-sanding grit. Can’t get enough of it.…
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