BC Association of Social Workers asks hard questions of candidates

 

ISSUES include:

POVERTY; HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS; ENVIRONMENT AND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SERVICES and ADULT GUARDIANSHIP & SENIORS PLUS:

3. CHILD CARE

What is your party’s specific strategy to improve families’ access to high-quality child care and improve participation rates of women in the labour market?

5. EDUCATION

What steps will you and your government take to

  • improve learning and support services to children and youth with special needs in the school system
  • restore adequate financing to public schools?

6. ABORIGINAL CHILD WELFARE

If you and your party are elected and form government, what will you do to reduce this hugely disproportionate number of aboriginal children and youth in care or custody?

9. WOMEN AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS

If you and your party are elected and form government, what specifically will you and your government do to protect the most vulnerable and marginalized?