Marking the release annual BC Child Poverty Report Card, in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition re-introduced MLA Shane Simpson's private member's Bill proposing a BC Poverty Reduction Act. The Act, were it to be enacted, would see the government develop a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy within one year, including legislated targets and timelines to reduce the breadth and depth of poverty. The proposed Act also outlines how the strategy should be developed and the broad contents of what it should cover.
Here's what you can do:
Email, phone, or visit your MLA and let them know this bill is important to you, that you want it back on before the legislature in the Spring, and that you want them to support it.
Look up your MLA and their email address at http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm.
