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The definition of a single parent
Does a person qualify to be called a single parent if their financial and time responsibilities are split in half with their ex? That question came up recently, while I was having lunch with a couple...
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Adrienne Montani and Dr. John Millar: How long must poor kids in B.C. wait...
The 2013 B.C. Child Poverty Report Card, published by First Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, again contains a list of shameful statistics for our wealthy province compared to the rest of...
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Kasari Govender and Viveca Ellis: Low minimum wage is hurting single moms and...
Minimum-wage work is women’s work. In BC, a single mother working full time for a full year at minimum wage earns thousands of dollars below the poverty line. In fact, she makes a mere $18,655 a year....
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Adrienne Montani: End of clawbacks is welcome news for single parents...
Life for Rebecca Bodo’s five-year-old daughter Sophey just got a little bit brighter with the B.C. budget announcement of an end to the clawback of child support from single parents on income and...
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Suzanne Smythe and Shauna Butterwick: New adult-education fees will harm B.C....
Adult basic education — tuition-free secondary school level courses — can open up a wide range of possibilities for single parents, older workers laid off from resource industries, new immigrants and...
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Letters: High rents, single mothers, SFU, gentrification, DTES, pot sales,...
Single moms aren’t only ones struggling with high rents It’s not only single mothers who are paying a lot of rent, more than 30 per cent of income, if not 50 per cent, give or take. It’s a lot of...
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