Past decade marked by idle welfare rates and spiking homelessness.
from The Tyee
"The expression of outrage at British Columbia's dismal record on poverty has become an annual affair in the province.
"Each year Statistics Canada releases figures showing B.C. is either the worst in the country or close to it on poverty in general, and on child poverty in particular. The opposition MLAs rightly point out the performance is shameful and the government responds by saying things are getting better and the statistics are out of date.
"The most recent numbers, as quoted in the advocacy group First Call's report from November 2012, show B.C. with a poverty rate of 15.5 per cent using StatsCan's low income tax cut offs. That's bad enough to be the worst in Canada. …"
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