After yesterday’s Question Period it is painfully clear that Minister Sheila Malcolmson is failing adults with intellectual + developmental disabilities in B.C. Everything she said is not only irresponsible but also wrong. #bcpoli #clbc

Allison Windle who lived with FASD died earlier this month. Her parents had raised concerns about her care with CLBC + Strive (the agency). In this interview 👇🏼 CLBC’s Ross Chilton decided to victim blame. This is a devastating story. #bcpoli #CLBC #FASD globalnews.ca/video/110494...

“Our members are concerned by recent comments attributed to the Minister of Social Development + Poverty Reduction. We encourage the ministry to clarify and affirm that they will not reinstate institutionalization regardless of the role the CLBC plays.” #bcpoli #clbc www.bcgeu.ca/bcgeu_reiter...

Yikes, CLBC’s Ross Chilton rescheduled his interview until next week, maybe hoping stories like this one go away?👇🏼 “CLBC has really dropped the ball on their duty to make sure that Kim is safe because that’s what their contract is to do.” #bcpoli #clbc globalnews.ca/news/1102565...

There are so many stories of how CLBC is failing the people we love. 👇🏼 “It seems like each piece of equipment needed three meetings + at least 10 people in the meetings,” she said. “Why did I have to fight for things that my sister needed?” #bcpoli #clbc globalnews.ca/news/1102387...

I can’t believe what CLBC’s Ross Chilton + Min. Malcolmson are saying in this report👇🏼People are experiencing harm/neglect everyday, to suggest #CLBC is listening to families/self-advocates is a LIE. We’re not scared to tell the truth anymore. #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Thank you, Tamara for bringing this to public attention.

🧵On February 7, 2025 Minister Malcolmson stated "the voices that matter to me are the people that CLBC serves. The people with lived experience. Adults with developmental disabilities + they have not been asking me to do away with CLBC." #bcpoli #clbc 1/4

@sheilamalcolmsonbc.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social the Minister said in an interview that she relies on info from the #CLBC Advisory Committee of self-advocates to know what is happening with this provincial crown corporation. Does this group still meet? There are no recent minutes online.

Vulnerable people require public support and oversight of the care they receive. Step up, BC, no one else should live and die like this

Community Living BC is the crown corp that allowed more than 1 person with developmental disabilities to die tragically in care. BCGEU & Down Syndrome BC effectively want it dissolved & its functions re-assumed by the Ministry of Social Devt & Poverty Reduction. I support that call. #bcpoli

I’m disgusted by the quotes from CLBC + Min. Malcolmson in this report from Global TV My inbox is overrun with horrific stories happening right now all over BC involving CLBC. This must stop, I’m passing stories to former news colleagues…people’s lives are at risk. globalnews.ca/news/1100739...

There are growing calls from families, caregivers and employees to scrap a BC Crown corporation + bring its services back under direct government control. Critics say CLBC has a become a bloated bureaucracy that too often fails vulnerable British Columbians. #bcpoli www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Speaking on CBC’s On the Coast today Paul Finch, president of @bcgeu.bsky.social says members have described a toxic culture + lack of oversight at CLBC and passed a resolution at last year’s convention mandating the union to campaign to move CLBC back into government. #bcpoli #bcgeu #clbc

Tamara Taggart is absolutely nailing it it on CBC Radio regarding the abominable treatment of people with disabilities by the CLBC. @tamarataggart.bsky.social

Thank you @tamarataggart.bsky.social for speaking up on behalf of #florencegirard and her family and for each one of our folks that is supported by #CLBC #nomoremonitoringthemonitor

What did we learn from the recent B.C. Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Florence Girard? Inquest witness @tamarataggart.bsky.social (President, Down syndrome BC) explains. This is VANCOLOUR Thursdays at 9pm @cheknews.ca 📺 FULL SEGMENT: youtu.be/LCqhCKr8AUE?...

Tamara Taggart, the president of Down Syndrome B.C., talks to guest host Amy Bell about how the coroner's inquest into the death of Florence Girard showed the ineffectiveness of Community Living B.C. 👇🏼 #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

1. I am deeply disappointed in the @bcndp.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social decision to fire the democratically elected Greater Victoria School Board today. I have fond memories of John Horgan’s support for the VSB when the BCLibs fired us. #bced #bcpoli

“The last 2 years of Florence’s life were horrific,” Taggart said. “She didn’t starve to death in a week.” “You think you know what 50lbs looks like. I thought I did until I saw the police photos, those photos will haunt me for the rest of my life.” #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

Please read. Since the inquest into the death of Florence Girard by starvation while in care, Down Syndrome BC has written a letter to Premier Eby demanding action. Community Living BC & the Ministry of Social Dev't & Poverty Reduction failed catastrophically in their duty to Florence #bcpoli

In her new report, the Representative for Children and Youth says “the time to act is now” for young people with disabilities in the province. Read the report: bit.ly/42wXubq #bcpoli #disablities #youth

An open letter to Premier David Eby from Down syndrome BC re: The Ongoing Systemic Failures at Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) Please read the letter in the link below 👇🏼 #bcpoli #CLBC www.downsyndromebc.ca/latest

This is VANCOLOUR Thursday at 9pm @cheknews.ca 📺 👉 Is TikTok at risk of being banned in Canada? (@rachelgilmore.bsky.social) 👉 What did we learn from Florence Girard’s homicide? (@tamarataggart.bsky.social) 👉 Ken Sim’s homelessness plan ‘makes no sense’

“What led to Florence’s death (is) systemic failures from Kinsight and really systemic indifference from CLBC and the province. Its indifference toward people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. … We have a lot of work to do.” #bcpoli

‼️‼️‼️ The jury is returning at 2:15pm with their recommendations in the Inquest into the Death of Florence Girard. #bcpoli www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

I’m beyond fatigued with government failures + weak politicians/bureaucrats who worry more about their own interests than the people they serve. Allowing someone to starve to death in government care is sickening. Halting the building of supportive housing is cruel. #VanPoli #bcpoli

Florence Girard DIED OF STARVATION yet VP John Stinson’s pay + benefits at CLBC totaled $286,962 in the fiscal year 23/24. Combined, CEO Ross Chilton + four VPs at CLBC were paid a total of $1,433,422 in salary+ benefits last year. #bcpoli www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Day 8 of the Inquest into the Death of Florence Girard has started. It’s the last day of testimony, hearing from CLBC employee Lisa Evans, the Advocate for Service Quality Cary Chiu + Asst. Deputy Minister of Social Development Adam McKinnon. #bcpoli www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

“It’s a huge problem. If I hear one more time someone else from CLBC say, ‘We monitor the monitors,’” Taggart said. “You have a $1.7 billion budget! You monitor the monitors?” #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Day 7 of the Inquest into the Death of Florence Girard has started. Today we hear from 3 CLBC employees; Tiffany Wickham, Stephen Hall + Lisa Evans. #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

Day 6 of the Inquest of the Death of Florence Girard has started. Today we are hear from: -Christine Scott, CEO of Kinsight -Selena Martin, Home Share & Family Caregivers Alliance -Trina Plamondon, Home Sharing Support Society BC #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

Tonight I’m raising a glass in honour of my friend and hero @tamarataggart.bsky.social, who is making damn sure everyone knows who Florence Girard was, and who failed her and how, and what needs to change. I love you TT and I thank you.

Day 5 of the Inquest into the Death of Florence Girard has started. It will be a very long day. Former Kinsight employee Shelley Macfie, RCMP Cpl. Nathan Dobie + Dr. Jason Doyle (autopsy) will testify today. #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

Day 4 of the Inquest into the Death of Florence Girard is happening now, first on the witness stand is former Kinsight employee Krista Maniezzo followed by former Kinsight employee Shelley Macfie. #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

Day 3 of the Inquest into the Death of Florence Girard has started. Former caregiver Astrid Dahl is still on the witness stand, followed by her son who also lived in the home with Florence. #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

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Inquest into the death of Florence Girard starts at 9:30am. I’m in court now with Sharon (Flo’s sister) + our lawyer. Lots of media here. Link to Inquest Livestream below. #bcpoli #DownSyndromeBC www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...

“We don't know how many people die in care. We don't hear about it unless a family member comes forward. My only motive here is to find out what happened, identify the systemic failures + make sure that it never happens again. Flo’s legacy has to be systemic change." 👇🏼 #bcpoli

Excellent listen for those interested in #foodallergies and the exciting progress being made in BC to treat them! Thanks @tamarataggart.bsky.social for having Dr Chan on the podcast. youtu.be/3cmOZylQ8ZE

Loved talking with @tamarataggart.bsky.social on Telus Talks. Take a listen to our conversation about education and my new book Re-Storying Education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-X...

📣The BC Coroners Service will hold a public inquest into the death of Florence Marie Girard in Burnaby, beginning Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Lots more to say about this but for now it’s tears, Florence died 6 years ago - this inquest is big. Because of Florence we will do better. #bcpoli #BCDisability

“The tipping point was being removed from the responsibilities I loved,” Carr said, referring to ABC Mayor Ken Sim’s decision last month to strip Carr and other non-ABC councillors of extra roles. #VanPoli 😞

Hospitals do this often, it’s horrific. This time it’s Ridge Meadows dropping off a woman at a DTES shelter. “How is an emergency drop-in shelter in the Downtown Eastside a safe or appropriate placement for an 86-year-old blind woman with no family or connections here?” #bcpoli #bchealth

After a 14 year old friend died at school Tobias Zhang + his friends raised money to buy an automated external defibrillator (AED) for their Vancouver high school, but the Vancouver School Board won't accept it. #bced #bcpoli

James Schwalm, a former Brampton fire captain, killed his wife on January 26, 2023 by strangulation then through an elaborate series of events loaded her remains into her vehicle + drove it down an embankment. The court heard he used a lighter with his initials on it to torch the remains. #femicide

"How are we supposed to feed the homeless when our facilities are suddenly locked and we can't even access the food that we had there?" said John Boyes, Wisteria's vice-president. #nanaimo #bcpoli

George is tired. #airedale

“Don't tell Mr. Jessa he is wrong to be afraid. That's not up to you, or me, or anyone else protected by their whiteness. We don't get to tell Mr. Jessa how to feel about anti-Muslim hate.” via Peace Arch News #bcpoli 👇🏼

“I was surprised they were not expecting any period of meaningful consultation,” Khelsilem said. “They were asking for blanket support so the amendments could happen very quickly + then they would consult us after the fact + I said: ‘That’s not how this works. It’s not the 1980s anymore.” #vanpoli