Some 300,000 people get direct support from the ministry.
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A coalition of advocacy groups and the BC Liberal opposition have called on the government to make the $300-a-month COVID-19 supplement permanent. The government reduced the supplement to $150 a month for January, February and March and it was scheduled to end April 1.
In the legislature today BC Liberal critic and Peace River North MLA Dan Davies said more than 11,000 people had signed a petition asking that the $300 payments be made permanent.