BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
312 Main St V6A 2T2 Vancouver, BC, Canada

"COVID-19 has not only highlighted inequality in our society, but in many ways exacerbated it. Billionaires have seen their wealth increase, while people with the least have been more likely to lose their jobs and see their costs of living increase."

Canadians have an enshrined right to food, but our government contorts food into a gift to those living with food insecurity. This corporatized approach to charity ignores the blatant creation of food insecurity along lines of race, Indigeneity, gender, parenting and relationship status, housing status, precarious labour and social assistance participation. But more than this, the approach simply doesn’t work.

And seniors, who are older and who don’t have a computer how the hell are they supposed to fulfill all these requirements? They cannot.

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Today we remember and honour those we have lost and fight for those who have faced stigma, violence and discrimination. The pandemic has hit sex workers especially hard and we need to respond. We cannot work towards justice without taking action against anti-sex work attitudes and actions. #IDEVASW

Keeping those on income assistance and PWD in suspense for the next three months, and requiring an application for the #RecoveryBenefit undermines dignity and doesn't make sense for low-income communities. Income supports that raise everyone above the poverty line are needed now. 300ToLive