Front-page newspaper ads missed essential info about Higgs’s true 2022 record
The end of the year is a time for individuals and governments to take stock. On December 30, our Premier, ...
Tag: poverty
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Government report is ‘misleading’ on poverty reduction: Ability NB [video]
In October, New Brunswick's Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation, a Crown corporation tasked with poverty reduction, reported a big decline ...
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Social assistance rates in New Brunswick are below poverty line, disability advocate tells province [video]
The NB Common Front for Social Justice and the NB Coalition of Persons with Disabilities held a virtual press conference ...
NB Common Front calls for higher social assistance rates [video]
The Moncton Chapter of the NB Common Front for Social Justice is organizing a march and a conference to mark ...
‘People deserve a living wage’: Minimum wage increase not enough for decent quality of life, critics say
Audio report via CHMA 106. 9 FM: New Brunswick’s minimum wage went up by one dollar on Friday, ...
New Brunswick needs to start investing in workers
It is time that the minimum wage is raised to a livable wage and for all workers to have paid ...
On March 11, 2022, the Common Front for Social Justice celebrates 25 years of activism
"Poverty is no more natural than slavery and apartheid. It is created by human beings and it can be eradicated ...
World Day of Social Justice: without economic justice, no social justice
Throughout the year, the UN dedicates certain days to a particular theme. In 2008, to remind us that we share ...
Preventable tragedy shows barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness
Last November, a woman passed away in Fredericton's north side tent encampment after being refused a medically necessary surgery because ...
Let’s demand a human rights-based treatment for people living in poverty
The United Nations celebrates each year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is asking governments and civil society to ...
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