Raise the Rates

Raise the RatesRaise the Rates is a coalition of community groups and organizations concerned with the level of poverty and homelessness in British Columbia. In 2002, the provincial government cut welfare rates and introduced arbitrary barriers that keep people in need from getting help. Since then, homelessness has at least doubled and BC has more people living below the poverty line than any other province in Canada. The small welfare increases included in the February 2007 Budget have made little difference to people’s lives.

Justice, not charity

Dec 092012

Canadian politics

Food bank users say at $650, welfare leaves them hungry every month.

from Raise the Rates

VANCOUVER, Unceded Coast Salish Territory, December 7 — About 80 low income people converged on the CBC on its annual food bank day to say that they want governments to end the need for food banks by raising welfare rates.