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In poverty
Recommendation 3:
The provincial government should move more quickly to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour, ensure all workers are covered by the minimum wage and index it annually to the cost of living.
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Recommendation 1:
The provincial government should make sure all workers in BC are covered by the hourly minimum wage by the end of 2021 and establish a permanent Fair Wages Commission with research staff to examine issues related to low wages in BC and to give advice to the government on increases to the minimum wage.
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Recommendation 8:
The provincial government should index the BC Child Opportunity Benefit to inflation to ensure the value of the benefit does not erode over time.
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Recommendation 1:
The provincial government should increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour and make sure all workers in BC are covered by the minimum wage by the end of 2019, and index it annually to the cost of living.
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Recommendation 26:
The provincial government should increase investment in public health initiatives aimed to support maternal health and healthy infant development, as well as non-barriered, free, community-based programs and services for all families with young children to ensuring these supports are available throughout the province and designed to reach families experiencing poverty and other threats to their ability to thrive.
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Recommendation 10:
The provincial government should expand the post-secondary program options eligible for support under the Single Parent Employment Initiative and, in the absence of enhancements to BC’s refundable post-secondary grants, allow all those on income assistance to retain benefits while attending a post-secondary institution.
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Recommendation 6:
The provincial government should expand the post-secondary program options eligible for support under the Single Parent Employment Initiative and, in the absence of enhancements to BC’s refundable post-secondary grants, allow all those on income assistance to retain benefits while attending a post-secondary institution.
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Recommendation 17:
The provincial government should automatically enroll all young people transitioning out of care in an income support program that meets their basic living costs.
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Recommendation 6:
The provincial government should adjust income and disability assistance rates for families with a child with disabilities to recognize the costs associated with raising a child with extra support needs.
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Recommendation 13:
The provincial government must increase program funding and support for more equitable distribution of available resources to ensure families raising children with disabilities and complex medical needs have timely, universal access everywhere in BC to a core suite of early intervention therapies; timely assessments; family respite; health, medical and in-home supports.
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