B.C. retracts plan to scrap individualized #autism funding

"Premier #Eby said the decision to maintain individualized #funding instead of phasing it out in 2025 came after recent meetings with parents, caregivers, Indigenous groups, child rights organizations and experts."

#GreenParty's #SoniaFurstenau said, ”This is a long-overdue reversal of a decision that should never have been made in the first place.“
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/25/bc-retracts-plan-to-scrap-individualized-autism-funding.html

Incoming B.C. #premier #Eby vows to make Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside healthy, safe: “I’ve never seen the #DowntownEastside in a more desperate state,” he said. “I’ve never seen it worse. I worked down there 20 years ago for a number of years and I thought it was pretty desperate. We’re headed in the wrong direction in that neighbourhood.” https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/11/17/incoming-bc-premier-eby-vows-to-make-vancouvers-downtown-eastside-healthy-safe.html #BC #politics #Canada #dtes #poverty