Past titles include: • Falling Further Behind: A Comparison of Living Costs and Employment and Assistance Rates in British Columbia (2002) • Falling Behind: A Comparison of Living Costs and Income Assistance Rates (BC Benefits) in BC (2001) • Widening the Gap: A Comparison Between the Cost of Daily Living and Income Assistance Rates (BC Benefits) in BC (1997) • Maintaining the Gap: A Comparison Be [...] BC has the opportunity and capacity to be 1 The calculations used in this report are based on temporary benefit levels and the figures used in the tables do not speak about the adequacy of the income available to people with disabilities receiving ‘disability’ assistance. [...] At the federal level, the Canada and Housing Corporation (CMHC) are used in Health and Social Transfer (CHST) replaced the Chapter 3 to analyze the availability of market Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) as the funding rental housing within the maximum shelter mechanism for income assistance, resulting in allowances provided under the BC Employment a significant reduction in transfer payments and Assi [...] The true measures of Work Requirements for Single success ought to be poverty reduction, and the Parents with Young Children and associated goals of job creation and the stability Reductions to Child Care Subsidies and growth of earnings for low income people. [...] By comparison, the 840 hour While the changes discussed above affect the threshold is higher than the 700 hours required income immediately available to people applying to qualify for Employment Insurance (EI) in the for or receiving welfare and/or the costs that areas of lowest unemployment, and twice the these individuals and families incur, there is threshold (420 hours) required in areas of hi