[news] Upcoming Cuts to WISH - Employment Transition Services for Sex Trade Workers

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J. MacPhail: According to a confidential question-and-answer document prepared 
for the Minister of Human Resources, British Columbians with mental health 
conditions and serious drug problems that interfere with their ability to 
search for and accept employment will have their benefits taken away if they 
don't look for work. The minister says it's all about helping people. He's 
writing letters to the editor to tell everybody to stand down and not worry. 
But he doesn't mention that his government is closing doors on innovative 
programs designed to get young people - many who have drug, alcohol and mental 
health problems - off the street. At the end of April, WISH, a non-profit 
society on the downtown east side, is losing a $125,000 provincial grant to 
provide pre-employment programs for sex trade workers, many of whom have mental 
health and addiction issues.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/4/29/142445/353