Activist facing contempt for offering assistance to low-income people
Fredericton anti-poverty activist Vaughn Barnett is being taken to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Fredericton on January 27 by ...
Tag: poverty
Campaign targets myths about people living in poverty
“The widespread nature of prejudices and misinformation about people living in poverty is a major obstacle to reducing and eliminating ...
Flooding highlights support system disparities in rural New Brunswick
Recent flooding attributed to climate change has both devastated and drawn together communities along the Wolastoq (St. John River). Social ...
The NB NDP needs more than a new leader, they need a movement
If you have been following New Brunswick politics, you could be forgiven for thinking that the New Brunswick New Democratic ...
Embracing the “us” in “nothing about us, without us”: Implementing peer support with housing first services
In a recent CBC story, New Brunswick Minister of Social Development Dorothy Shephard announced that the province would like to ...
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. ...
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 ...