Common Front assesses status of NB women for International Women’s Day
Moncton – According to Wendy Johnston, "On the whole, we can say that the situation of women in New Brunswick ...
Tag: social assistance
Social Impact Bonds: poverty reduction strategy or privatization scheme?
Fredericton - The NDP and anti-poverty groups clashed in September over how to reduce poverty in the lead up to ...
Cuts to refugee health care endanger lives
Toronto - Across the street from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's offices in downtown Toronto, Meb Rashid stood ...
More women living in poverty in New Brunswick
The feminization of poverty is seen in New Brunswick. The Common Front for Social Justice is marking International Women's Day, ...
Harper’s EI changes: serving a long tradition of flooding the low wage market
After the federal government introduced major changes and cuts to the Employment Insurance (EI) system last January, hundreds of protests ...
Reducing poverty is fashionable where equality is unimaginable
Fredericton - An anti-poverty group says the New Brunswick Alward government's poverty reduction plan will not alleviate poverty. The government ...
Is food insecurity just a neoliberal euphemism for hunger?
Fredericton is all abuzz about food. We hear things like “buy local," "buy what's in season," "buy organic”. We are ...
In support of taxes
I agree with the personal tax and the corporate tax increases that came into effect this July. They were necessary ...
Common Front for Social Justice: Changes to social assistance step in right direction but not enough
Moncton - The new direction given by Honorable Madeleine Dubé to the social assistance program in this province is a ...
The roots of hunger: why food bank use is up in Atlantic Canada
Food Banks Canada released its latest statistics on national food bank usage this week. The data are assembled in a ...
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