Spencer van Vloten is a community advocate, nationally published writer, and editor of BCDisability.com. BC recently awarded him the Medal of Good Citizenship. The Rick Hansen Foundation, which focuses on issues such as accessibility, named van Vloten the 2022 Difference Maker of the Year.
Canada is one of the world’s richest countries, yet millions of Canadians are poor. We meet three of them, looking at the measures they must take to survive and at the roots of poverty in Canada.
Leaders across Canada recently celebrated multiculturalism, but the nationwide rise in hate and discrimination requires a more active approach to inclusion.
We need a larger focus on policies and initiatives that place persons with disabilities in jobs, help them afford post-secondary education, connect them with affordable housing and support them if they are struggling.
Low-income families are tired of what they consider fluff: the cycle of debates, consultations, studies, reports and unfulfilled promises — none of which fill stomachs.
The NDP can leverage the power a minority government gives it and declare now that its support for the Liberals depends on the government timely implementing the Canada Disability Benefit.
