Protests planned over seniors forced to live in poverty Seniors in several communities across the province are banding together to protest their ever-shrinking pension dollars.
Carole Fawcett is a retired writer and councillor who staged her first public protest in Vernon in December 2023. At the time, she was unaware that Sharon Elliot from Vancouver had also been organizing demonstrations after witnessing a well-dressed woman digging through the trash at a nearby park for bottles and cans.
Elliot learned the woman was short on cash. Her pension no longer covered what it cost her to live, and during their conversation, the […]
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