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BC-CLAG Correspondence with Minister of Social Development
More than three months after announcing additional funding for the community living sector and the release of an internal review and audit of Community Living BC, the provincial government remains unwilling to collaborate with the BC-CLAG to develop concrete solutions to address BC’s community living crisis.
- Re: Government’s Response to the Status of B.C.’s Community Living Sector
Dear Premier Clark and Minister Cadieux, When the government released a series of reports on Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) on January 19, you both publicly acknowledged the crisis faced by adults with developmental disabilities in our province, and agreed that trust in CLBC – the Crown corporation that provides funding for services and supports for adults with developmental disabilities in B.C.—has been badly shaken. The onus is on government to restore that trust, you said. We agree. Read more
- Letter of response from Minister of Social Development, Stephanie Cadieux, to BC-CLAG (April 26, 2012)
- Second BC-CLAG letter to Minister of Social Development, Stephanie Cadieux re: lack of collaboration (May 1, 2012)
- Read our press release, reminding Premier Clark and BC’s elected MLAs that families are still waiting for those promises to be honoured and for government to respond to the community’s concerns and recommendations.
BC-CLAG communication with key decision-makers:
- Second BC-CLAG letter to Minister of Social Development, Stephanie Cadieux re: lack of collaboration (May, 2012)
- Letter of response from Minister of Social Development, Stephanie Cadieux, to BC-CLAG (April, 2012)
- BC-CLAG letter to Premier Clark and Minister Cadieux in response to internal and audit reports and funding announcements (March 2012)
BC-CLAG letter to BC Liberal MLA Randy Hawes thanking him for supporting community efforts to work collaboratively to resolve the community living crisis (October 2011) - BC-CLAG meeting with Minister of Social Development Stephanie Cadieux on October 14, 2011
- Letter to newly appointed Minister of Social Development to request meeting with BC-CLAG (September 2011)
- BC-CLAG presentation to the BC Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services on priorities for BC Budget 2012: Speaking notes, CLAG statement on community living funding shortfall, Funding Backgrounder, Reaching Out, Weighing In report (September 2011)
- Request for Information ot Advocate for Service Qualityto determine the number of service quality complaints received and investigated by that office (July 2011)
- Response from Advocate for Service Quality (August 2011)
- Second BC-CLAG Letter to Premier Christy Clark advising her of Social Development Minister’s failure to contact BC-CLAG and asking again for a meeting with the Premier (July 2011)
- Letter to Premier Christy Clark requesting an urgent meeting to discuss growing concern over the BC government’s failure to manage the community living crisis (July 2011)
- Response from Premier Christy Clark (July 2011)
- Letter to CEO of Community Living BC to request CLBC plans, budgets, and outcomes (March 2011)
- Response from CEO of Community Living BC (April 2011)
- Letter to Minister of Social Developmentto request meeting with BC-CLAG (March 2011)
- Response from Minister of Social Development (May 2011)
- Letter to Advocate for Service Quality outlining urgent concerns and calling for immediate government action (October 2010)
- Response from Advocate for Service Quality (October 2010)
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