In 2018, Florence Girard - a B.C. woman with Down Syndrome - starved to death under the care of a government-funded home share provider. After a B.C. Coroner's Inquest ruled Florence's death a homicide, This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks inquest witness Tamara Taggart (Down Syndrome BC) about what we learned. What changes need to be made to protect people with disabilities under government care? Recorded: January 27, 2025.
The BC Home Share Review: When “Default” Housing Becomes a System Under Strain In November 2025, the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction in British Columbia released an external review of the Community Living BC (CLBC) Home Share program. Conducted by Tamar Consultancy with Professor Tim Stainton and colleagues, the review was triggered by the coroner’s inquest into the death of Florence Girard and asked a blunt question: are current safeguards and standards enough to keep people safe and support a good life in Home Share? A unique and overloaded model Home Share in BC is unusual by international standards. Institutions have been closed for some time, and Home Share has become the province’s largest community living option — a situation the review notes “doesn’t exist in any other jurisdiction.” About 4,300 people are funded to live in Home Share, with hundreds more on waitlists and more than 19,000 adults outside any funded residential support, signalling deep, ...
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