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Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver--BC Members of the Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in BC are heartbroken and appalled that on February 22, 56-year-old Raymond Cormier was found not guilty in the murder of Tina Fontaine, a 15-year-old girl from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba. Our hearts and prayers are with her loved ones at this time of pain and sorrow. Fontaine’s

Victoria—The BC NDP government’s first full budget charts a new course with bold investments in housing and childcare that will make life better and more affordable for working people, says the BC Federation of Labour (BCFED). “For 16 years the BC Liberals made decisions that benefited their rich and powerful friends while they piled higher costs on working families and reduced public services

Vancouver - The BC Federation of Labour says it welcomes the appointment today by Premier John Horgan of MLA Mitzi Dean as the newly created Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity. “It’s an important move to turn the tide on 16 years of BC Liberal policies that have hurt women,” says BCFED President Irene Lanzinger. “From deep cuts to women’s centres to inaction on childcare and tearing up

Vancouver – In its first formal Throne Speech, BC’s NDP government covered a lot of ground outlining a plan to put people first and address the challenges faced by workers across the province, says the BC Federation of Labour. “It’s a refreshing change,” says BCFED President Irene Lanzinger, “because there’s so much to make up for after 16 years of the BC Liberals whose legacy is higher costs

To celebrate Family Day 2018, the BC Federation of Labour is proposing a small but important step that would better support many working families in our province. “We think we should look at updating and changing our employment laws’” says BCFED President Irene Lanzinger, “to ensure that working parents have the right to take leave to deal with day-to-day realities for todays’ families like

Vancouver – The BC Federation of Labour is pleased that BC’s minimum wage will be boosted to $15 an hour, but disappointed that the Horgan government’s planned implementation timeline will see low wage workers wait three-plus years to reach it. “Let’s be clear that achieving a $15 per hour minimum wage is an accomplishment, and better than anything the previous BC Liberal government would have