VICTORIA – Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson announced the members of his Advisory Forum on Poverty Reduction as he invited British Columbians to share their ideas to help shape the Province’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy. The …
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453 new licensed child-care spaces are on their way to Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Local families across Vancouver will soon be able to access new licensed child-care spaces thanks to a $3.46 million investment through the Province’s Child Care Major Capital Funding Program. This funding will create a total of 453 new …
Horgan calls on prov govt to start tracking TFWs, supports federal review of TFW program
B.C. workers must be first in line for construction jobs and apprenticeship opportunities, but the provincial government does not track temporary foreign workers in our economy, says Opposition leader John Horgan. The Opposition supports the call for a federal review …
Save Our Schools
Our province has gone from having the second best funded K-12 education system in Canada to the second worst under this provincial government. And now sadly, provincial policies are targeting the closure of various schools in Richmond, Victoria and Vancouver. …
My Annual Summer BBQ
You’re invited Please join me at my Annual Summer BBQ! SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH 12:30pm to 3pm Kensington Community Centre 5175 Dumfries Street (near Knight St. & East 37th Ave.) Vancouver, BC Free Event / Rain or Shine / Children’s Activities …
Caregivers hold rally to call for end of “Project Guardian”
Vancouver – As the world marks International Domestic Workers Day today, local caregivers held a rally to intensify their call to end a government program that targets and criminalizes caregivers hired under the Live-in Caregiver and Temporary Foreign Worker Program …
Help General Brock Elementary get a new play space
A small community school in my riding needs your help. General Brock Elementary is one of only 5 schools across BC – and the only one from Vancouver – selected to be a finalist for a BCAA Play Here Grant. …
Philippine Independence Day greetings from the B.C. New Democrats
VICTORIA – New Democrat Leader John Horgan and Vancouver-Kensington MLA Mable Elmore issued the following statement on the annual Philippine Independence Day celebrations on behalf of the B.C. New Democrats: “Today as millions of people in the Philippines and around …
Newly-elected First Nations woman continues B.C. New Democrats track record of firsts
VICTORIA— Swearing in new members to the legislature and making history in the process is always exciting, but it is typical of the B.C. New Democrats. “Once again the B.C New Democrats are making history,” said New Democrat Leader John …
Cancel CBSA “Project Guardian” raids on caregivers, say local groups to PM Trudeau
Migrante BC, the West Coast Domestic Workers Association and MLA Mable Elmore today called on Prime Minister Trudeau to cancel a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) project that targets foreign caregivers in their employer’s homes. The CBSA’s “Project Guardian”, refers …