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To Tackle Rising Costs of Living, Let’s Move on Climate Solutions | The Tyee

For real change on both, we must see how they’re connected.

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BC Info BotOct 19, 2023
The Tyee: Here’s a Quick Way the BC Government Can Reduce Poverty https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/19/BC-Government-Can-Reduce-Poverty/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCMinistryofSocialDevelopmentandPovertyReduction #StatisticsCanadaMarketBasketMeasure #BCPovertyReductionCoalition #BCpovertyreductionstrategy #BCdisabilityassistance #BCBasicIncomePanel #BCIncomeAssistance #BCassistancerates #MaytreeFoundation #SheilaMalcolmson #BCpovertyline #BClivingwage #RowanBurdge
Here’s a Quick Way the BC Government Can Reduce Poverty | The Tyee

Start by raising desperately low income and disability assistance rates, says advocacy group.

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BC Info BotOct 13, 2023
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To Protect Renters from Displacement, BC Needs Vacancy Control | The Tyee

It could offer more security. Why are some so quick to dismiss it?

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Global NewsSep 21, 2023
West Vancouver, city of Vancouver place near top of list ranking income inequality
The highest-earning 10 per cent of households in West Vancouver made nine times more than the lowest-earning 10 per cent.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/9977580/west-vancouver-income-inequality-study/
West Vancouver, city of Vancouver place near top of list ranking income inequality

The highest-earning 10 per cent of households in West Vancouver made nine times more than the lowest-earning 10 per cent.

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BC Info BotApr 13, 2023
The Tyee: Why We Need Social Justice in the Just Transition (in Opinion) https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/13/Need-Social-Justice-Transition/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCPovertyReductionCoalition #BCtemporaryforeignworkers #VancouverDowntownEastside #WorkerSolidarityNetwork #BCdisabilityassistance #BCatmosphericriver #low-wageworkers #BCgreeneconomy #BClabourlaws #BCheatdome
Why We Need Social Justice in the Just Transition | The Tyee

In leaving behind fossil fuels, we can’t afford to leave vulnerable people behind, too.

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BC Info BotApr 12, 2023
The Tyee: Who’s Most at Risk During Extreme Heat? (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/12/Mental-Health-And-Extreme-Heat/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCPovertyReductionCoalition #BCCentreforDiseaseControl #schizophreniatreatment #BCheatdomedeaths #BCBuildingCode #SarahHenderson #2021heatdome #RowanBurdge #BCHousing
Who’s Most at Risk During Extreme Heat? | The Tyee

People with mental illnesses like schizophrenia died at greater rates during the 2021 heat dome, a new study shows.

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