Dan Coulter

138 New Child Care Spaces are coming to Chilliwack! We know that having accessible and available childcare is a top priority for British Columbians. These spaces are part of the fastest creation of child care spaces in B.C.'s history led by my dear friend Katrina Chen, MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed Click the news release for more details! ... https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021CFD0021-000347

The Province is partnering with the Phoenix Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Society on a proposal to provide 50 additional supportive homes and a 40-bed shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Chilliwack. If rezoning is approved, construction is expected to start in late spring or summer 2021. Society staff would be on site 24/7 to provide support services for residents, including life skills training, mentorship and wellness checks, and would encourage cu...lturally appropriate programming. Fraser Health, through an integrated response team, will provide primary health care, home health and mental health and substance use services on site to some residents and shelter guests, as well as referral to mental health and substance use recovery programs, as needed. https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021AG0016-000364

Today was the first day of our spring provincial legislative session of 2021. I had the honour of speaking to our government’s investments in capital projects a...nd what these mean for working people in our province. The capital projects mentioned will all be built under Community Benefit Agreements (CBA’s), these agreements are designed to ensure that spending on public projects results in public benefits like priority hiring for locals, indigenous communities, women and other traditionally under represented groups in the trades. See more

As a society, we must commit to addressing ableism in all forms. Today on the ninth annual International Disability Day of Mourning, we commemorate the lives lost at the hands of caregivers and family members. Disabled lives are lives worth living.