Bc Poverty

• Annual report says 1 in 6 Central Okanagan children lives in poverty

  A B.C. child and youth advocacy coalition released its annual report this month, which looked at child poverty rates throughout the province.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2020
  
• B.C. aims to slash poverty by 25 per cent in new poverty reduction strategy

  The plan aims to improve conditions for 140,000 people, including 50,000 children.

  Mar 18, 2019
  
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• B.C. government sets targets to reduce poverty, won’t release plan until 2019

  The B.C. government is promising to reduce the child poverty rate in B.C. by 50 per cent, and the overall poverty rate by 25 per cent, in the next five years.

  Politics

  Oct 2, 2018
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• Reconciliation and affordable housing are crucial for B.C. poverty reduction: Minister

  The federal government's bold goal is to cut the nation's poverty rate in half by 2030.

  Politics

  Aug 22, 2018
• B.C. government unveils 27-member panel to help draft poverty reduction strategy

  About 40 per cent of those living in poverty are the so-called "working poor," while nearly 120,000 are children and nearly 65,000 of them are seniors according to provincial figures. 

  Economy

  Oct 30, 2017