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Article: "Monthly low-income and senior rental supplements increase in B.C.’s 2025 budget"
CHEK News has published an article titled “Monthly low-income and senior rental supplements increase in B.C.’s 2025 budget” following the release of the 2025 BC Budget earlier this week.
DABC’s ED Helaine Boyd, who attended the Budget announcement, was interviewed for the article.
Read the article here: https://cheknews.ca/monthly-low-income-and-senior-rental-supplements-increase-in-b-c-s-2025-budget-1241836/.
To read DABC’s full statement on the 2025 BC Budget, visit: https://disabilityalliancebc.org/dabcs-statement-on-the-2025-bc-budget/.
Elections Engagement Workshop from BCPRC
September 20, 2024 by DABC
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition (BCPRC) is urging party leaders to take action on three key poverty-reduction policy sectors: housing, transportation, and assistance rates. Sign their digital postcard to echo the call for poverty reduction policy in BC!
Workshop
Are you interested in raising your voice this election period? BCPRC is hosting an online workshop to prepare BC residents for speaking up at candidate townhalls, debates, and meet-and-greets, on Wednesday September 25 from 11:100-12:30pm.
In the 90-minute workshop, BCPRC will look beyond voting to identify ways you can make sure to have your issue heard by candidates. The more we speak up at critical times like elections, the more candidates know this is something the public cares about. If no one at a town hall asks about affordability or poverty reduction, they might think that is an issue that matters less in the riding.
Closed captioning will be used, but there will not be ASL for this session.
Learning outcomes for this workshop include:
- Why do we engage in democratic processes?
- Forms of engagement
- Tips and tricks for engaging – focus on talking with candidates
- Making our questions for candidates
- BC elections information
