British Columbians are invited to gather and discuss how poverty can be reduced in the province through a series of B.C. Poverty Reduction Strategy community meetings beginning Monday, the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction announced this week.
Ideas shared at the in-person community meetings will help inform the Poverty Reduction Strategy. The community meetings will run from the end of November to the end of March, starting with a kickoff meeting in Victoria Nov. 27.
Among the public meetings already scheduled are three more on Vancouver Island, in Nanaimo on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018; in Port Alberni Tuesday, Jan. 23; and in Campbell River Wednesday, Jan. 24.
More community meetings will be held throughout the province in the coming months, the ministry announced, with some times and locations still being finalized.
Information can be found online as details become available, at engage.gov.bc.ca/bcpovertyreduction.
There currently is no meeting confirmed in Parksville Qualicum Beach, but a toolkit is being developed for people who want to host their own meetings and it will be available on the website in a short time, the ministry announced.