Media Relations

I.Q. Eligibility

See below for media coverage of the provincial government's decision to change the regulations guiding the Community Living Authority Act to enshrine an I.Q. of 70 or below as a criterion for receiving services from Community Living BC (CLBC).

Protesters Using Internet as Powerful Tool - Times Colonist, August 13, 2008

Financially Squeezed British Columbians Object to More Riches for Top Bureaucrats - Letter to the Editor - Vancouver Sun, August 12, 2008

No change - Letter to the editor - The Province, July 31, 2008

Compassion needed - Times Colonist, July 29, 2008

Willcocks column: Liberal's moral failure on services for the disabled
Times Colonist, July 29, 2008

Appalling decision Letter to editor - The Province, July 29, 2008

No change Letter to editor - The Province, July 29, 2008

Fair assesments needed to ensure protection of disabled adults
Vancouver Sun, July 29, 2008

Youth need support; Letter to editor - The Province, July 28, 2008

Callous government; Letter to editor - The Province, July 28, 2008

IQ test standard betrays disabled Times Colonist, July 26, 2008

There must be better ways to determine needs Times Colonist, July 26, 2008

B.C.'s disabled assistance angers parent ctvbc.ca, July 25, 2008

Developmentally disabled teen prompted new IQ requirement The Province, July 25, 2008

Youth advocate lashes IQ-based denial of care Times Colonist, July 25, 2008

It was wrong months ago - and it is still wrong today Vancouver Sun, July 25, 2008

B.C. gives itself right to deny services based on IQ Printed in Vancouver Sun, the Province and the Times Colonist, July 24, 2008

'Father Turns to Court to Help Disabled Teenage Son' - Vancouver Sun, May 20, 2008