B.C. government sidesteps call for disability rate hike, index to inflation

VICTORIA — B.C.’s Social Development minister sidestepped calls Monday to index the province’s disability rate to inflation, saying that kind of move is part of the items under consideration in a poverty reduction plan set for this fall.
“I think there’s lots of people out there looking for additional support,” said Shane Simpson. “I understand that. The poverty reduction strategy is moving along, the question of income supports and affordability is part