Alongside community leaders from around the province, Gen Squeeze, Get Well Canada and The Federation of Community Social Services of BC are calling on the BC government to get the best bang for taxpayer bucks by aligning policy and spending decisions with health science.

This science tells us health doesn’t begin with medical care – it begins in the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. British Columbians ‘Get Well’ when we have safe and affordable homes, living wages, quality child care and schools, and a healthy environment.

Investing in social supports even more urgently than in medical care will reduce pressures on our medical system and our wallets, making British Columbians happier, healthier, wealthier and more resilient for generations to come.

Help us reinforce the social services that are the front-lines of our health system by rebalancing how BC invests in wellbeing.