B.C. Social Development Minister Sheila Malcolmson Tuesday defended the ambition of her government’s new anti-poverty goals as “both ambitious and realistic” and promised to present more concrete proposals next month.
Legislation tabled Tuesday would see B.C. cut overall poverty rates by 60 per cent, child poverty by 75 per cent and seniors’ poverty by 50 per cent within the next decade, the last goal being a first for B.C.
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