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Security and Safety for Renters
In our province, there are more than half-a-million rental households. Faced with near-zero vacancy rates, these British Columbians too often find themselves trapped in housing they cannot afford, or have grown out of, yet cannot afford to leave. Some landlords …
$105-million investment to make prescription medications more affordable for families
The British Columbia government is eliminating PharmaCare deductibles for working families with the lowest incomes in the province, helping to make sure they get the prescription medicines they need but currently are struggling to afford, Health Minister Adrian Dix announced …
Help is on the way for B.C.’s lowest-paid workers
British Columbia’s lowest-paid workers will earn a $15-an-hour minimum wage by June 2021. Regular, predictable increases to our minimum wage are one important way we can make life more affordable for people. June 1, 2018: $12.65 an hour ($1.30 increase) …
Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums cut by 50%
Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums were cut by 50% on Jan. 1, 2018, marking an important step toward improving fairness for all British Columbians. MSP premiums are unfair and place a significant burden on British Columbians. I’m proud that we …
BC will now offer a daily drug that prevents HIV — for free
‘We got it done, and I think it’s a good decision,’ says BC health minister On January 1, gay and bisexual men in British Columbia, and others at risk of contracting HIV, will have free access to a drug that …
Crackdown on high price ticket re-sales in the works for BC
by Marcella Bernardo Posted Dec 15, 2017 A longtime NDP MLA says work is being done to develop legislation in BC to crack down on high-price ticket re-sales This comes less than a week after Ontario passed legislation that caps …
B.C. shuts rent loopholes
MLA: ‘Used by landlords to get around rent controls’ Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert (left) on March 12 joins tenants of a West End apartment building whose landlord applied for a massive rent increase under a geographic rent loophole …
BC scraps loophole allowing landlords to seek massive rent hikes in hot rental markets
by Ellen Coulter and The Canadian Press Posted Dec 9, 2017 12:02 pm PST VANCOUVER – The Province is closing another loophole in residential tenancy regulations in a bid to keep rental rates down. The BC government is getting rid of …
B.C. changes tenancy regulations to limit rent increases to match area rates
The Canadian Press Published Saturday, December 9, 2017 3:13PM EST VANCOUVER — Renters in British Columbia no longer need to worry about their landlords hiking up rates to match high rents in hot neighbourhoods. The NDP government announced it’s closing …