Disability Assistance
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B.C. increases income and disability assistance by $175 per monthSocial Development Minister Nicolas Simons says the increase will cost about $400 million per year and benefit more than 300,000 people.PoliticsMar 16, 2021
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B.C. under fire for cutting COVID-19 financial help for seniors, people with disabilitiesSince April, more than 200,000 people who were not eligible for emergency federal support and who did not already receive income or disability assistance have received it.PoliticsDec 15, 2020
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Coronavirus: British Columbians on disability assistance say supplement not enoughThe province expects around 205,000 people to be eligible for the boost, which will be on the April 22 cheque.PoliticsApr 2, 2020
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Call wait times for income and disability assistance will improve: B.C. government“When a service delivery model is so burdensome that it effectively becomes inaccessible, the ministry ceases to adequately fulfill its responsibility."Apr 18, 2018
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B.C. announces new $52 per month transit supplement for people with disabilitiesIn 2016, the previous BC Liberal government raised the price of disability bus passes to $52 per month.Oct 2, 2017
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B.C. to lift earning cap for people on social assistanceThe move will allow people on social assistance to earn an extra $200 per month without affecting their government payouts.Sep 19, 2017
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John Horgan announces $100 increase to income and disability assistanceNew monthly welfare rates will be $710, and $1,133 for those on disability assistance.Jul 20, 2017
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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, protesters say B.C. isn’t doing enoughProtesters gathered in downtown Vancouver to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and express their concerns that the B.C. government is short shrifting locals living with disabilities.CanadaDec 3, 2016
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