November 12, 2013
Vancouver—The most recent report by the Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, When Talk Trumps Service, A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children in B.C., is a sad reminder that good
Remember when
you were 18 years old? You were living at home with your family, thinking about that first full-time job and planning to save money to go to college. You weren’t sure what the future would hold, but hey, …
Across Canada, police are bearing the brunt of broken mental health care systems and are calling for increased funding for mental health and social services. Read more..
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Social Development Minister Don McRae says the B.C. government never committed to covering the three per cent wage increase reached in a deal with social-service workers. Photograph by: DARREN STONE, Times Colonist
The B.C. government’s refusal to cover negotiated wage …
Ian Mulgrew writes that politicians opted to hand more money to police services and courts, instead of toward programs to aid mental health and fight addiction. Now we are all paying the price. Read more……
The Vancouver Sun reports that Metro mayors and police are calling for the province to support intervention centres for mentally ill, addicts. Read more……
CTV News reports a group of B.C. mayors are calling on the provincial government to re-open Coquitlam’s Riverview Hospital for mental health patients.
Read more: http://bc.ctvnews.ca/mayors-calling-for-re-opening-of-riverview-hospital-1.1428007#ixzz2dBy9dEIC…
How are seniors managing and planning for the future? The report Seniors in the Lower Mainland: A Snapshot of Facts and Trends by the United Way and SPARC BC tells an interesting story. Read more…
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The Prince George Citizen is
reporting some provincial social service
agencies are feeling a cash crunch as they wait for bridge funding from the provincial government to finance staff wage increases. Read more……
