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Human Resources committee  Yes. You know, working with multi-levels of government is totally possible. We're not needing to reinvent the wheel on any of this stuff. We had the answers. We just stopped using them. We cancelled policies that were working. We took money out of budgets. I don't know why. I

November 30th, 2009Committee meeting

Robyn Kelly

Human Resources committee  Yes, the basic income; I think it's a great idea and we should do it yesterday. You mentioned a link to homelessness. It won't help homelessness in Vancouver right now. We simply don't have houses for people to live in. We'd have to build houses.

November 30th, 2009Committee meeting

Robyn Kelly

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. Everybody has talked a little bit about how much it costs when someone is homeless as opposed to somebody who's leading a healthy and balanced life in society. I just want to close by telling you about my first client. She was maintaining herself on a $500 employab

November 30th, 2009Committee meeting

Robyn Kelly

Human Resources committee  No. The disability tax credit allows you to access other tax credits. There's a fuel tax credit and so on, but you have to have that designation of the disability tax credit.

November 30th, 2009Committee meeting

Robyn Kelly

Human Resources committee  Yes. And I think the registered disability savings plan is a fantastic program, both provincially and federally. Money can be contributed to it even if the person who owns it can't make any contributions in any given year. The combined governments will do a maximum contribution o

November 30th, 2009Committee meeting

Robyn Kelly

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. I am a community advocate with the Hospitality Project from New Westminster. This is an intentional and inclusive community developed around the largest greater Vancouver food bank depot in B.C. On average, 500 people per week receive food here. The

November 30th, 2009Committee meeting

Robyn Kelly