Changing policies and perceptions: Eradicating poverty in New Brunswick
As of 2016, an alarming 19.9% of Fredericton’s population was living in poverty. Poverty is a difficult concept to define. ...
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Workers unite against austerity
Workers in New Brunswick are preparing to defend their hard-earned rights in the workplace and beyond. In the coming ...
A critical analysis of the PC budget for Social Development
In a letter published in the Telegraph-Journal, Dorothy Shephard, New Brunswick's Minister of Social Development, said that some of us ...
NB Common Front for Social Justice mourns the loss of Linda Mccaustlin
Linda Mccaustlin, an anti-poverty activist in New Brunswick, died on March 3, 2019. She was elected co-chair of the New ...
Higgs’ proposals will not reduce poverty
Une version française suit le texte anglais. In his state of the province address, Premier Blaine Higgs took up the ...
Atlantic Premiers can improve economy by tackling poverty
As our Atlantic premiers meet this week in Charlottetown PEI, they have much talking to do. They must discuss poverty, ...
Allow Bishop’s House to be used as a shelter
Dear Mayor and City Councillors, I'm extremely disheartened by what is happening with the emergency Out of the Cold shelter. ...
Home is where the heart is: A note on Fredericton’s ‘tent-city’
Temperatures have been gradually dropping in Fredericton during the last couple of weeks. Storms have blanketed as much as 15 ...
New Brunswick deserves a progressive throne speech and government
Since the outcome of the September 24th provincial election, much of the public discussion has been about who would form ...
Solidarity for improving wages and New Brunswick communities
By working together, workers in New Brunswick have an opportunity to improve their wages and their spending in local communities, ...
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