Columnist Tracy Sherlock says alleviating the effects of poverty is money well spent. Photo Dan Toulgoet British Columbia has finally joined the rest of Canada by creating its own poverty reduction plan.
That’s a good thing because B.C. has one of the highest rates of poverty in the country, with more than 557,000 people living below the poverty line, including about 100,000 children. Nearly half of those who live in poverty work, and children from single-parent families, Indigenous people, refugees and people with disabilities are much more likely to be poor.
The plan, released March 18 and called TogetherBC, doesn’t contain […]
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