People facing complex mental-health, addiction and housing challenges will benefit from better access to housing with the wraparound supports they need.

From Infrastructure Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2024/04/more-than-26-million-invested-in-disaster-mitigation-infrastructure-improvements-across-british-columbia.html

Updates to the BC Building Code will benefit people in the building and housing sectors with the expanded use of mass timber in taller buildings, as well as schools, libraries and retail.

Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, has issued the following statement on the release of Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for March 2024:

BC Hydro has launched a call for power to ensure that people and businesses will have the clean, affordable electricity needed to power B.C.’s growing economy and create jobs throughout the province.

The Province is taking action to support renters and landlords who play by the rules by amending legislation to better protect people from bad-faith evictions, eliminate rent increases when a child is added to a household and resolve rental disputes faster.