Advocating for Children and Youth in BC's General Election
Download First Call's Provincial
Election Kit.
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From First Call partners and other organizations:
BC
Association for Community Living
BC
Poverty Reduction
BC
School Trustees Association
BC
Society for Public Education
Canadian Cancer
Society
Coalition
of Child Care Advocates of BC
Social
Planning and Research Council of BC
Excerpts from three party platforms highlighting child and youth issues:
Green Party
Liberal
Party
New Democratic
Party
Elections
BC
Your source for information on voter registration, parties, and electoral
districts, as well as resources for students and youth.
BC
Campaign 2000: 2008 Child Poverty Report Card
Every November through our partnership with Campaign 2000, First Call releases
a series of report cards profiling child poverty and the solutions in BC.
BC's
Poverty Reduction Plan
On February 5, 2009, more than 200 organizations and community leaders joined
together to call on all BC political parties to commit to a comprehensive,
legislated poverty reduction plan. Find out more.
Leveling
the Playing Field for Children: A Community Action Toolkit
This Community Action Toolkit provides information and resources on how
to level the economic playing field for children and youth, including advocacy
work around issues such as early learning and child care, child benefits,
affordable housing, and parental leave. Open the bookmarks function to use
the index of hyperlinks when navigating this document (in Adobe go to View>Navigation
Panels>Bookmarks).
The Lead-Up: BC Election Commentary from the CCPA
A blog by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' research associates.
The
Hook: A Political Blog
The Hook is a new "superblog"
from the Tyee, a BC-based online newsmagazine.
BC
Teachers' Federation - Speaking Out on School Closures
This web page highlights public commentary on school closures, including
from a number of MLA's.
Download 8.5 X 11 posters:
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE on child and youth issues that you care about... here's how.
What you should expect from your community and government to support children, youth and families.
...download the election kit for more great links and resources!