Tribune
WEEKEND FRIDAY DECEMBER 21, 2012
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VOL. 23 NO. 51
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MOUNTVIEW ELEMENTARY STUDENTS DELIVER CHRISTMAS CHEER
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Sacred Heart Church’s St. Vincent de Paul Society food bank received a donation from Mountview elementary school students on Dec. 19. Randy Gertzen (Adventure tours)volunteered his van to take students to the two food banks. The Mountview Elementary Leadership Crew including Gynelle Dalton, Kaitlyn Real, Cosmo Brunsch, Ayme Desmond, Kendra LaFleur, Alisha Arnold, Adriane Kennedy, Michaela Bunn-Wilson, Zach Sonier, Ashley Howell, and Faith Frost were thrilled to participate in the delivery. Photo submitted
Beyond the season of charity – BCers want leaders to bring down poverty Nearly 95 per cent of British Columbians donate to charity and this is the time of year that many charities appeal to the public’s compassion towards the less fortunate. But according to recent polling, British Columbians expect leadership for more permanent solutions to poverty. Seventy eight percent of British Columbians say that it’s important or very important for political leaders in BC to address poverty, according to a recent poll conducted on behalf of the BC Healthy Living Alliance. A provincial poverty reduc-
tion plan with clear targets and timelines to reduce the number of British Columbians living below the poverty line’ was the most popular response. British Columbians were asked to consider a number of health measures that leaders should act on now. Last week, the BC Healthy Living Alliance brought people from around the province together in an on-line forum to discuss income and health and a poverty reduction plan for BC. Trish Garner with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
said, “current income assistance rates leave people structurally dependent on food banks and other charities but they still struggle day-to-day to meet the most basic needs. Legislated targets and timelines have been used in other provinces to reduce poverty. We can do it here in BC too. But it will require leadership and accountability.” Ted Bruce, Executive Director of Population Health for Vancouver Coastal Health, described how “the gaps in health, attributed to inequality, are costly to the health care system.
$1.2 billion in costs could be avoided each year if people in the lowest income group were making the same as those just one level up.” “Our polling shows that the public understands the relationship between poverty and health. More importantly, they expect government to act on the facts,” said Scott McDonald, BCHLA Chair and CEO of the BC Lung Association. British Columbia currently has the highest provincial poverty rate. It is one of only two provinces without a provincial poverty reduction plan.
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