Media - Community Living Crisis

BC-CLAG Press releases, reports, and media advisories:

• "BC-CLAG  marks  7th  anniversary  of  Christy  Clark  move  to  create  CLBC,   as  unfulfilled  promises  leave  vulnerable  families,  adults  waiting," BC-CLAG press release, May 18, 2011;

• "Putting ‘families first’ includes restoring disability supports, report says", BC-CLAG press release, April 27, 2011;
• "Reaching Out; Weighing In" BC-CLAG report on addressing the Community Living Crisis in BC (April 27, 2011);
• Media advisory - April 27, 2011 press conference.

• BC-CLAG:British Columbians recommend solutions to community living crisis (December 2010)

News stories

• Victoria Times Colonist – May 15, 2011: Families first must include disabled
• Vancouver Sun – May 13, 2011: BC Liberals sorely lacking accountability – Premier Christy Clark and her hand-picked minister Harry Bloy need to shape up
• Victoria Times Colonist – May 7, 2011: Government forgetting vulnerable disabled
• Victoria Times Colonist – May 5, 2011: New Minister upsets disabled support group
• Chilliwack Times – May 5, 2011: Help may be coming – Bloy says revenues must incerase before more autism funding available
• Kamloops Daily News – May 2, 2011: Family wants better care for autistic son
• Chilliwack Times – April 29, 2011: Setting them up for the future
• Victoria Times Colonist – April 27, 2011: Help is available for those in need
• Chilliwack Times – April 26, 2011: For many parents of autistic children, finding help means finding detours around the roadblocks

Related Media - BC-CLAG Member Groups

• BCACL: Report prompts questions to Minister about CLBC funding (April 2011)
• BCACL: Status quo budget a scary prospect (February 2011)
• BCGEU: Families, workers, service providers, and advocates working together (October 2010)
• BCGEU: BCGEU, families and disability organizations call on BC Advocate to intervene in group home closures (October 2010)
• MOMS: CLBC, agencies farm out disabled adults on craigslist (October 2010)

Media contact: communications@bcgeu.ca or 604.291.9611