Marion Little.

Marion Little.: These are the latest casualties in a series of cuts due to a complicated restructuring of funding that began about six years ago with a shift from federal to provincial jurisdiction, said PEERS executive director Marion Little. , according to Times Colonist. The organizations operational budget of $32,000 a month has been cut in half, three full-time staff positions are gone, and Littles hours have been reduced to 15 hours a week from 25. The drop-in centre on Fairview Road in Esquimalt closed Aug. 16, and programs set to start in the fall have been cancelled. A drop-in centre that provided a safe, non-judgmental place for Victoria sex workers for almost two decades has closed. PEERS, the non-profit society that ran the centre, has also cut its Elements pre-employment program. We ve tried to contort and juggle things as much as we could, but its impossible, Little said. Ever since that transfer we ve had significant cutbacks and layoffs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.