New Brunswick’s poverty reduction plan: 2 years after
It has been two years since the Liberals and Conservatives adopted the New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan to ...
Tag: social assistance
Food bank usage continues to rise in New Brunswick: Food Banks Canada
Food Banks Canada’s Hunger Count 2011 confirms an observation, which the Common Front for Social Justice sees on the ground ...
Shameful attacks on the poor
Shameful! It’s autumn and hunting season is here once again. New Brunswick’s Minister of Finance, Blaine Higgs, will make money ...
Will there be home heating assistance in NB this year?
Open letter to Hon. Sue Stultz, Minister of Social Development: There are approximately 100,000 New Brunswickers living below the poverty ...
Food prices jump 5.74% in the past year in New Brunswick
We are experiencing a sharp increase in food prices. In July 2010, the Common Front for Social Justice had surveyed ...
Common Front for Social Justice proposes changes to social assistance policies
The Common Front for Social Justice is fighting to build a more compassionate society, based on respect and dignity for ...
Common Front: stop the regressive tax reforms
Budgets are about making political decisions that will have a lasting effect on all citizens. The present government is going ...
The good, the bad and the ugly
The Common Front for Social Justice has released its assessment of where the province stands in its fight against poverty. ...
Miramichi included in Communities in Crisis study
Between October 2008 and August 2009, Canada lost 486,000 full-time jobs. Dramatic as they are, even these figures do not ...
Common Front discusses party platforms on poverty
The Common Front for Social Justice had asked all political parties to share their platform on reducing poverty in New ...
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