Fraser Stuart laughed out loud when he heard the British Columbia government wants to train welfare recipients and then fly them north to fill a labour shortage. Stuart, who lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and is currently receiving social assistance, doesn’t want to work in the north, but he wants a job and he’s more than willing to take … [Read more...]
B.C. child welfare undermined
September 14, 2011 by
B.C.’s children’s watchdog is desperately pleading with the government to close a loophole that may have led to an infant’s death in 2007. On April 16 of that year, the child’s caregiver returned home to find the child unresponsive. He died in hospital. Though the cause of death — ruled a sudden unexpected death in infancy — could not be … [Read more...]
