Since 2007, the ‘shelter allowance’ for folks receiving social assistance from the Ministry has been frozen at an unlivable $375 per month..

By Hilary Marks In early 2020 I was working full time in a transitional shelter. Life was pretty normal and structured. All that changed...

March 2020 marked the one-year anniversary of “TogetherBC”, BC’s first poverty reduction plan. The anniversary coincided with the escalation