APRIL 15, 2015
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Welfare banners show mainstream support for increased rates What do two associate professors, a lawyer & a dentist have in common? They are all displaying a banner that says, "Raise the Rates. Welfare=Hunger" on their Vancouver home. These folks have three of the ten banners lawyer Megan Ellis had printed for Raise the Rates, to show that people all over the city want higher welfare rates.
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The current rate for a single person is $610 a month and $906 for a persori with a recognized disability. "I had the banners made because I found it difficult to remain silent knowing that many people in my community live with hunger as a frequent, if not constant . companion," says Ellis, a lawyer. "The government has allowed the minimal support which is "welfare" to erode to such a point, that people can no longer maintain even the basics of food and shelter, let alone live productive lives. I find it intolerable that people in this wealthy province live in hunger, despite the efforts of food banks and charities to fill the growing gaps. It is immeasurably cruel and short-sighted that children go without the nutrition they need to grow