'Life is expensive, especially for those of us raising a child with a disability,' says Chilliwack parent Katie Bartel at the press conference
B.C. Premier David Eby chose Jinkerson Park in the growing community of Chilliwack on Monday , to announce a sizable increase to the BC Family Benefit starting next month.
Eby also used the press conference to announce he'll be stepping away for a few weeks from his duties as premier for family reasons. "Life is expensive, especially for those of us raising a child with a disability, and raising any family right now comes with unique challenges," Bartel said. "We've got people's backs and we're standing with the people who need that extra support right now, which is different than the proposals that are coming forward from John Rustad, and Kevin Falcon," Eby said about the leaders of the Conservative Party of B.C. and BC United Party.
He ticked off how his government purposefully got rid of the MSP payment,"a special tax just in British Columbia, to pay for health care, and bridge tolls that we put on to make commuting for work, something that's already challenging, even worse for people.
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