Capital region MLAs, MPs back plan to combat poverty

Greater Victoria MPs and MLA’s are now onboard and support the Community Action Plan on Poverty.

“We do need senior levels of government to support this effort. It’s too important to be divided by partisan issues,” Rupert Downing, executive director of the Community Social Planning Council, said at a news conference Tuesday.

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Source: Times Colonist

Author: Sarah Petrescu