BC Budget 2009: Child and youth rep disappointed
VICTORIA/CKNW(AM980)
Dan Burritt
September 1, 2009

BC's independent child and youth representive says she is not pleased with the provincial budget.

Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the budget is bad news for vulnerable children in BC, "I thought I'd see a commitment to deal with those historical poverty rates and some service realignment.  Sadly the performance measures have...been dumbed down, and that's sad for the most vulnerable British Columbians."

Data from Statistics Canada shows 22% of children in BC lived in poverty in 2006, the highest rate in Canada for the fifth year in a row.