The CFE has submitted a letter to the Minister of Transportation and Transit and the TransLink board chiming in alongside many allies in the disability and transit advocacy sector expressing strong support for a yes vote in favour of insourcing HandyDART services at an upcoming TransLink board meeting on June 25th, 2025.

Our members who rely on HandyDART services have consistently shared troubling experiences with the current service. Chronic staffing shortages, inconsistent service quality, safety concerns, and labour disputes are not isolated issues—they are symptoms of a contracting model that lacks accountability and prioritizes cost-cutting over care and safety.

Ensuring access to safe, quality, dependable mobility is crucial for those who face transportation barriers to access health care, education, employment, and community life. During this time of economic uncertainty, bringing HandyDART in-house is a necessary and strategic step that will improve service quality and invest in BC-based, public-sector jobs.

We urge the Province’s continued leadership in exploring the insourcing of other outsourced transit services in BC. Privatization of public transit not only harms service users and workers—it drains public resources and undermines our local economy. Publicly funded and operated transit ensures that our transit systems remain a public good, with community accountability, responsiveness, and economic benefits that remain in BC communities.

The vote is scheduled for June 25th, 2025. 

Please add your voice through a pre-written letter to TransLink through SaveOurHandyDART today! 

Read our full letter submission here.