The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives makes a case here for why charities should immediately be eligible for the new federal wage subsidy program that will cover 75 per cent of wages for employers hit by the COVID-19 crisis, specifically …
We are going to update this page regularly during the COVID-19 epidemic to keep the sector informed with the latest developments affecting our work, employees, clients and communities. Stay well!
This is normally AGM season, but with gatherings prohibited and …
Budget 2020 was presented Feb. 18 by Finance Minister Carole James. Coming in the third year of a three-year plan, it’s a “no surprises” budget.
Recruitment and retention in the community social services …
“The system is broken when for-profit operators get to keep the money when they don’t deliver the long-term care the government pays them to provide. And that’s just one example of what’s going wrong. ” Vancouver Sun opinion writer Daphne …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Here’s our executive director Jody Paterson writing an opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun on just how much is at risk in social care when we neglect to value the non-profit community-based organizations that do this work so well.
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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) …
The federal government has tabled planned changes to the Income Tax Act, including amendments that will allow charities to engage in advocacy and programs to influence public policy without risking their charitable status.
The changes follow controversy about past …
