Martyn Brown: Former NDP finance minister Elizabeth Cull agrees—Horgan was wrong to cut COVID funds for the poor
by Martyn Brown on December 18th, 2020 at 9:42 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3 In my last article, I argued that B.C. premier John Horgan’s planned cut to the COVID-19 support supplement for B.C.’s most vulnerable citizens is dead wrong and especially unworthy of an NDP government. To recap, effective January 1, that desperately needed assistance for all those who receive income assistance, disability assistance, hardship assistance, the comforts allowance, or the B.C. Senior's Supplement will be slashed in half: from $300 monthly to $150. And after March, even that reduced monthly grant will be...