New Brunswick workers benefit is a stingy pre-election gimmick
The New Brunswick government seems proud of its $300 New Brunswick Workers Benefit handout idea, but in practice, ordinary people ...
Tag: social assistance
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‘It would pay for itself’: Anti-poverty activists push for tangible solutions amid budget surplus [video]
Amidst a projected budget surplus of $41 million in New Brunswick, an anti-poverty organization is intensifying its calls for concrete ...
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Budget fails to address poverty, says NB Common Front for Social Justice [video]
A New Brunswick anti-poverty organization says the provincial government's pre-election budget fails to address the cost-of-living crisis for people struggling ...
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Caregiver of disabled teen speaks out about poverty, isolation [video]
A Saint John woman whose son suffers from a rare form of epilepsy is speaking out about her ordeal as ...
Fiscal surplus, debt reduction comes at poor people’s expense, says activist [video]
New Brunswick’s Minister of Finance says the latest quarterly budget update is evidence of “strong fiscal management” under the Higgs ...
Prejudice hurts those who rely on social assistance to survive
This article is part of a series on poverty by Janelle LeBlanc of the NB Common Front for Social Justice. ...
Being disabled is not cause for inspiration. Fighting discriminatory policies is.
As someone with a disability, I can tell you that having a disability, whether it be a physical disability such ...
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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 ...
Social assistance and the poverty loop
Welcome to the next edition of Kaitlyn’s disability awareness series. Today we would like to talk about something that is ...
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 ...
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