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Category: BC Politics

BC Politics / Procurement

Social services exempt from trade agreements: CCPA

Are our governments’ hands tied by international trade agreements when they put social-care services out to bid? That was a question we really wanted the answer to at Board Voice, as that would be a complicating factor in working toward …

BC Politics / Political Activity / Social Policy Framework / Uncategorized

Our sector was heard!

The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governance Services has released its recommendations for Budget 2020, and it’s heartening to see that the committee members were clearly listening to submissions from Board Voice and our many members and allies in …

BC Politics / Board Voice Position Statements / Governance / In the Media / Procurement

Charity Village article on procurement – featuring us!

This Charity Village article carries on a conversation that Board Voice has been working very hard to start and keep going, on the risk of governments inadvertently letting social care slip into the hands of multinationals instead of the community …

BC Politics / Board Voice Position Statements / Governance / Political Activity / Social Policy Framework

Presentation to Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governance

Board Voice presents every year to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governance, which consults annually around the province in the runup to the coming year’s provincial budget. Here’s what we had to say at this year’s consultations, which …

BC Politics / In the Media / Wage inequity

In the news: Low-Wage Redress goes to unionized workers only

The Tyee’s Andrew MacLeod continues to write on issues important to our sector – one of the few BC journalists taking these issues on. Here he is in today’s Tyee writing about the stunning decision to use the $40 million …

BC Politics / Budget cuts / Funding / Governance / Wage inequity

Wage inequity: Standing still for 30 years

A few highlights from the BC newspaper archives to remind us that wage inequity in the community social services sector has a LONG history. Board Voice hopes you’ll find reasons to use some of this history in making your arguments …

BC Politics / Funding / Governance / In the Media / Political Activity / Uncategorized

Today’s Question Period: The return of home support to health authorities

For those seeking more understanding of the decision to return home support services to the provincial government’s health authorities, this morning’s Question Period is a must-read. It’s important for all of us to see how these issues that affect our …

BC Politics / In the Media / Political Activity

Getting heard: Green Party raises WorkBC contracts in House

Board Voice and other allies who have raised major concerns with the Work BC procurement process continue to be heard by BC political leaders. Here’s Green Party leader Andrew Weaver bringing up the issue in Question Period yesterday (March 4) …

BC Politics / Governance / Political Activity / Procurement

WorkBC procurement: Successful proponents, Shane Simpson response

Board Voice continues to have many concerns with the WorkBC procurement process, which led to a fairly significant change in employment-training providers throughout BC as regions went from 73 to 45 and a number of high-performing non-profit providers lost their …

BC Politics / Funding

Highlights: BC Budget 2019

Thank you to our allies at the Federation of Community Social Services of BC, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Surrey Board of Trade for their quick analysis of BC Budget 2019 this week.

As the CCPA notes

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