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 ...
Tag: social assistance
A guaranteed annual income – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #13
August 30, 2030 (the Nashwaak River Valley, NB) Dear Friends, I sit in my garden on a weekday morning listening ...
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. ...
Open letter: Increase social assistance rates in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice and 48 other organizations, including the NB Media Co-op, are calling on ...
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 ...
I like paying taxes because …
La version française suit. In the last few months there have been several media commentaries stating that citizens and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Workers’ compensation, 1918: the beginnings
The debate had been going on for years. When workers take a job, they put themselves at the disposal of ...