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Welfare Struggles & Recommendations

In Voice of the Voiceless on April 24, 2008 at 6:07 pm

A ground-breaking study that for two years followed British Columbians living on welfare paints a disturbing picture of how people are forced to make ends meet under new welfare rules and low rates. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s EI Poverty Trap

In Social Justice, Voice of the Voiceless on March 17, 2008 at 9:20 pm

“…more than 80 per cent of them worked for at least 10 years before they became homeless…”

A lawyer working directly through the homeless shelter system in Ontario explains clearly how homelessness comes about for many, and about how up to 75% of people in at least one province are at potential risk. Read the rest of this entry »

Petition To Resolve Homelessness in BC

In Social Justice, Voice of the Voiceless on March 13, 2008 at 8:40 pm

Do you agree that it is shameful that we have so many people living on the street in our city? Do you think it is our provincial government’s responsibility to Read the rest of this entry »

Women’s Court Challenges Legal Thought

In Social Justice, Voice of the Voiceless on March 10, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Startling acts of well-thought uppitiness
Gutsy, legal-minded Canadian women refuse to take ‘because’ for an answer Read the rest of this entry »

Welfare Recipients Left Behind

In Voice of the Voiceless on February 27, 2008 at 3:00 pm

The BC Liberals increases to income assistance in 2007 have had little effect in improving the lives of welfare recipients in British Columbia, who struggle daily to meet basic needs says a report released today by SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia). With little in the 2008 BC Budget for poverty reduction, BC welfare recipients are Read the rest of this entry »

Justice is More Than Jail

In Social Justice, Voice of the Voiceless on June 7, 2007 at 3:30 am

Besides a host of tattoos and an array of scars etching most of his left jawline, Aaron doesn’t have a lot to show for his 37 years and that gets to him. He knows he chose another path, but that was seventeen long years ago, and the decision made in under twenty seconds. Read the rest of this entry »

Disability “Support” Agonizing

In Sharing Resources, Voice of the Voiceless on March 20, 2007 at 11:35 pm

I am a 54 year old male. I do not drink alcohol. I do not take drugs –not even Aspirin. I used to be a hard working, high-tax paying citizen. Read the rest of this entry »