Canadian Social Research Links 
New Brunswick

Updated July 28, 2010
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* Key Welfare Links in NB (scroll down to the grey box below, right column)
* Latest NB Budget
* Poverty reduction in NB
* Non-governmental sites in NB

 

NEW

Recent postings to the website of the
New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice (CFSJ):

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Recherchistes francophones:
Sur la version française du site Web du
Front commun pour la justice sociale du Nouveau-Brunswick,
...vous trouverez les liens vers la version française de chacun
des textes mentionnés ici, ainsi qu'à d'autres textes du Front commun.
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New Brunswick Poverty Reduction Plan: Updates and Developments (PDF - 1.3MB, 29 pages)
By Jean-Claude Basque and Auréa Cormier
June 2010
Excerpts:
* The Crown Corporation creates an additional layer of bureaucracy
* Decision making is further away from our elected members of the Legislative Assembly
* The Board, the Secretariat and the group coordinating the Community Inclusion Networks is a costly administrative structure
* Minister Lamrock said there would be no appeal process if decisons made by the Community Inclusion Networks are contested
* For 97% of social assistance recipients, there are no changes in sight before July 2011
* CFSJ's concerns with the Service delivery are:
--- Difficulties of access to services in rural areas
--- Uneven quality assurance in some of the networks
--- Possibility of lack of services, in some of the networks, in the language of choice

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New Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation
won't have representatives in at least four areas of New Brunswick
(PDF - 126K, 2 pages)
News release
June 29, 2010
According to the New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice, "[A]t least four areas of New Brunswick won't have any representatives of people living in poverty on the new Board of Directors of the Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation.”

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Tired of being manipulated? (PDF - 6.6MB, 32 pages)
By Claude Snow
June 2010
Caring for people is a MUST.
Public social services are essential.
Less taxes = Less services.

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Annual Report 2009-2010 (PDF - 77K, 2 pages)
June 2010
- Our actions in 2009-2010, notably on the Poverty Reduction Plan

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Third Summit on Poverty - October 15-16, 2010 (PDF - 1.3MB, 1 page)
"Poverty: A Violation of Human Rights"
Moncton, NB
June 2010
- flyer, including conference program and some speakers

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Revealing Statistics on the Socioeconomic Status (PDF - 21K, 1 page)
June 2010

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Two Different Worlds (PDF - 1.3MB, 34 pages)
- Catalogue for the art exhibit held at Moncton City Hall May 31st to June 4th, 2010.
"In the same province, citizens are living side by side, day in and day out, but in two completely different worlds."

Source:
New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice
The CFSJ promotes alternative policies in order to create a society concerned mainly about human beings.

* fairer distribution of power, thus a more dynamic democracy with greater participation;
* fairer distribution of wealth, thus a more equitable tax system;
* to improve the Canadian social security net, such as public health, public welfare and unemployement insurance;
* to challenge the corporate agenda by attempting to counter policies of privatization, deregulation and the withdrawal of the state;
* to increase the value and the dignity of human work.
- incl. links to : Documents | Press Releases | Action Alerts | Links | Home | Site Map | Contact us | Français

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New from the
Caledon Institute of Social Policy:

Reconstructing Social Assistance in New Brunswick: Vision and Action (PDF - 77K, 19 pages)
By Ken Battle, Michael Mendelson, Sherri Torjman
July 2010
The Government of New Brunswick has launched a comprehensive reform of its social assistance system as a key element of its poverty reduction strategy. This report contains two papers. The first is a vision paper written for New Brunswick by the Caledon Institute that sets out a philosophy and key elements of reform. The second is an account of New Brunswick's plans and actions to implement the vision for reform.

Breaking down the welfare wall in New Brunswick (PDF - 34K, 2 pages)
March 2010
By Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson
[ Version française : Briser le mur de l'aide sociale (PDF)]
This op ed was published as a Globe and Mail online commentary. It points out that one of the most promising developments in Canadian social policy is the rise of provincial poverty reduction plans. New Brunswick recently announced a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy, which includes fundamental reform of its social assistance system. The province is taking some important steps in this ambitious reform including the creation of a provincial working income supplement. New Brunswick will also extend the length of coverage under its health card for up to three years to recipients who leave welfare for work or training. It will launch a prescription drug program, plus vision and dental care for all low-income children. The op ed highlights other needed reforms, such as a boost to the New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit.

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Catastrophic drug costs can affect the poor and affluent alike
June 1st, 2010
[Minister of Social Development ] Kelly Lamrock's recent response to a request that New Brunswick implement a catastrophic drug cost insurance plan shows that either he doesn't understand why such a plan is required or he is purposefully misleading the public. This insurance plan isn't required for the poor; it's something everyone needs. (...) The strong endorsement made in the report of the Romanow Commission in 2002 that such a plan be developed in Canada was followed in 2003 by a commitment from the federal and provincial governments that a national program would be established. All provinces except New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have implemented such a plan. (...) Minister Lamrock wants to consult with the stakeholders. He wants to engage businesspeople and health officials.
It will be part of the poverty-reduction strategy*.
Source:
The Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick)

* NOTE : Since May 26, 2010, ALL links to content concerning poverty reduction strategies and campaigns for all provinces and territories pages, including government and NGO links, can be found on this page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm

NEW



Hotlinks
The links below will take you directly to the following
New Brunswick government and non-governmental web pages:

Government of New Brunswick Home Page
Government Departments and Agencies

Social Development (formerly Family and Community Services)
Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
Health
Finance
Justice
Education
Women's Issues - Executive Council Office

Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Office of the Auditor General
Premier's Council on the Status of Disabled Persons

New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice
Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Human Development Council

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
Canadaeast.com - Eastern Canada's Information Source
St. Thomas University

Mount Allison University
Université de Moncton
University of New Brunswick

Key welfare links

Department responsible for welfare
Social Development
- (name changed Dec 19/07, formerly Family and Community Services)

Name of the welfare program
Social Assistance

Legislation
Family Income Security Act

- Family Security Regulation

Source:
NB Acts and Regulations

Policy Manual
New Brunswick Welfare Policy Manual + link to legislation 

Welfare statistics
Trends and Statistics (caseload tables, graphs and analysis)

Welfare rates (benefits)
Social Assistance Rate Schedules - incl. a short description of each of the three rate programs.
Family Security Regulation - Rates are in Schedules A, B

Latest search results on Google.ca for
"welfare, -child, -animal, New Brunswick"

- Web search results
- News search results
- Blog search results

Related Links
* Public engagement initiative : Developing a poverty reduction plan
November 13, 2009
* Overcoming Poverty Together: The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan (PDF - 100K, 5 pages) - November 13, 2009
* Department of Social Development Annual Report 2007-08 (PDF - 1.1MB, 74 pages)
[ links to earlier annual reports and other publications of the Department]
* Life on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, or "If Welfare Owns You, You Can't Do Nothing" - July 2005 (PDF file - 330K, 57 pages) [ Source: New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women ]

* Discussion Paper on Social Policy (PDF file - 115K, 20 pages)
- February 1999 <<<=== excellent historical document


For more information about welfare in other Canadian jurisdictions,
see the
Canadian Social Research Links Key Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page



Government

Government of New Brunswick Home Page

Government Departments and Agencies

Public Accounts of New Brunswick

NB Acts and Regulations
- organized alphabetically and consolidated

Directory of Financial Aid for for Persons with Disabilities in N.B.
Revised October 2006

Directory of Services Offered to Persons with Disabilities in New Brunswick
Revised October 2006
[incl. links to other directories : Financial Assistance for Students with Disabilities in N.B. - Sources of Funding Assistance and/or Rehabilitation Equipment Loans Programs - Directory of Career Counseling and Job Placement Services - Funding Sources for Barrier-Free Access]
Source:
Premier's Council on the Status of Disabled Persons


Poverty Reduction in NewBrunswick

NOTE: this link takes you to the NB section of the
Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page of this site:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm

As of May 26, 2010, ALL links to content concerning poverty reduction strategies and campaigns have been moved to the above page from the individual provincial/territorial pages, including government and NGO links.


DEPARTMENTS, DOCUMENTS


Social Development
- (name changed Dec 19/07, formerly Family and Community Services)

- incl. links to : Department (Minister - Contacts - Employees) - About (Adoption and Foster Care - Social Assistance - Protection - Housing - Long Term Care - Childcare) - Programs and Services (Families - Children - Youth - Seniors - Persons with Disabilities) - Information (Legislation - Publications - Related Sites - Statistics)

Social Assistance

Department responsible for welfare
Social Development
- (name changed Dec 19/07, formerly Family and Community Services)

Name of the welfare program
Social Assistance

Legislation
Family Income Security Act

- Family Security Regulation

Source:
NB Acts and Regulations

Policy Manual
New Brunswick Welfare Policy Manual + link to legislation 

"This electronic version of the HRD-NB policies is an unofficial version which contains essentially the same material found in HRD-NB's in-house on-line help. This version has been edited for relevancy of content. For example, technical procedures unrelated to policy application have been removed. A full, unabridged version of on-line help can be requested under the Right to Information Act."
- includes sections on Applicant And Client Types - Assets And Income - Benefits - Intake And Continuing Eligibility - Programs - Rates (although not basic rates)
- includes links to the Family Income Security Act and Regulation
Frames version of the policy manual - easier to navigate, but not for bookmarking individual pages.

Welfare statistics
Trends and Statistics (caseload tables, graphs and analysis)

Welfare rates (benefits)
Social Assistance Rate Schedules - incl. a short description of each of the three rate programs.
Family Security Regulation - Rates are in Schedules A, B

Latest search results on Google.ca for
"welfare, -child, -animal, New Brunswick"

- Web search results
- News search results
- Blog search results

Related Links
* Public engagement initiative : Developing a poverty reduction plan
November 13, 2009
* Overcoming Poverty Together: The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan (PDF - 100K, 5 pages) - November 13, 2009
* Department of Social Development Annual Report 2007-08 (PDF - 1.1MB, 74 pages)
[ links to earlier annual reports and other publications of the Department]
* Life on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, or "If Welfare Owns You, You Can't Do Nothing" - July 2005 (PDF file - 330K, 57 pages) [ Source: New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women ]

* Discussion Paper on Social Policy (PDF file - 115K, 20 pages)
- February 1999 <<<=== excellent historical document

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Overcoming Poverty Together:
The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan
Official website of the New Brunswick government initiative to establish a poverty reduction plan


The New Brunswick
Economic and Social Inclusion Plan

A NOTE CONCERNING POVERTY REDUCTION :
To avoid duplication of links on multiple pages of this site, I've moved most of the links to information about poverty reduction
to the Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page of this site:

http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm

Changes to Household Income policy introduced
February 17, 2010
FREDERICTON (CNB) - The provincial government is improving the Household Income Policy for Department of Social Development clients. Kelly Lamrock, minister of social development, made the announcement today. (...) The new policy, which only applies to clients who were in receipt of assistance as of Jan. 1, represents a $5-million investment this fiscal year. It is an interim measure that will help current clients economically until Social Assistance Reform, including an important and significant overhaul of the Household Income Policy, is complete in mid-2011.

Related links:

Social assistance clients can have roommates: Minister Lamrock
February 17, 2010
The New Brunswick government has stopped penalizing social assistance recipients who have roommates. It has eliminated a decades-old policy that clawed back the benefits of low-income clients who live with someone else to pool their financial resources, Social Development Minister Kelly Lamrock announced Wednesday.
Source:
CBC New Brunswick


The Household Income Policy

FAPO warns Government to keep its hands off Human Rights Act (PDF file - 150K, 1 page)
[ text version ]
December 13, 2004
"The Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization is warning the Lord government to keeps its hands off an amendment to the NB Human Rights Act (see below for the link to a summary of these amendments) that will allow welfare recipients to live together after January 1st. Dan Weston of the Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization says the Lord government will have a fight on its hands if it tries to weaken the Human Rights Act by exempting the controversial Economic Unit Policy. He calls the Economic Unit Policy 'the single biggest creator of homelessness in New Brunswick.'"

More on the Economic Unit Policy from FAPO (PDF file - 1.3MB, 2 pages)
October 2002

Source:
Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization (FAPO)

Related info:

An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act
First Reading : December 9, 2004
Second Reading : December 10, 2004
Source:
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly

To place this into context:

The maximum social assistance payable to a single unemployed man or woman in New Brunswick is $264 per month.
Source:
Social Assistance Rate Schedules
[ Department of Family and Community Services ]

Household Income Policy
"An Economic Household is defined as two or more persons residing together who share the responsibilities of the household, and benefit economically from the sharing of food, shelter and/or facilities. When an Economic Household is determined to exist, FCS will consider it one household, and therefore determine eligibility for only one assistance cheque. FCS determines economic households to exist even though there is no marital, familial, or conjugal relationship among the members of the household. This policy was developed in order to ensure we do not discriminate against people on the basis of gender, marital status, or sexual orientation. The determination of an economic household will often result in assistance being refused, cancelled, or decreased, depending on the particular circumstances."
Source:
Excerpt from the
New Brunswick Social Assistance Policy Manual
[ Department of Family and Community Services ]

Amendments to the Human Rights Act
July 7, 2004
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - The following statement was issued by Alanna Palmer, Chair of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission.
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the addition of the two new grounds of prohibited discrimination to the New Brunswick Human Rights Act: social condition and political belief or activity. This amendment was passed by the legislature last week and is expected to come into effect on December 31, 2004.
Source:
N.B. Human Rights Commission


Moving Forward: Governments of Canada and New Brunswick sign an Agreement on Early Learning and Child Care
News Release
"November 24, 2005— Social Development Minister Ken Dryden and Joan MacAlpine-Stiles, New Brunswick’s Minister of Family and Community Services,announced today an historic Agreement-in-Principle that further supports the development of quality early learning and child care (ELCC) for young children and their families in New Brunswick. 'This Agreement-in-Principle sets out the framework for delivering high-quality and affordable Early Learning and Child Care throughout the province, whether in urban areas or in rural or remote communities,' said Minister Dryden. 'It is one more piece in the development of an ambitious system of Early Learning and Child Care in every province and territory in the country. This Agreement-in-Principle means more opportunities for a better future for New Brunswick children and their parents.'”

Related Links:

Moving Forward on Early Learning and Child Care : Agreement in Principle Between the
Government of Canada and the Government of New Brunswick
(PDF file - 401K, 10 pages)

Google Web Search Results : "New Brunswick, early learning and child care agreement"
Google News search Results : "New Brunswick, early learning and child care agreement"
Source:
Google.ca

Related Links:
- Go to the Government Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm


One-time measures to help welfare recipients
Health benefits will be extended, transitional funding provided to those who go back to work
[NOTE: this link is dead - I'm leaving the text here for your info...]
December 2, 2004
Telegraph-Journal
"The New Brunswick government will soon provide a one-time extension of health benefits and transitional funding for welfare recipients who return to the workforce. The new measures designed to make it easier for individuals to get off welfare will be announced today in the government's throne speech. Premier Bernard Lord said Wednesday the province will provide the extension of provincial health card benefits to people who have been on welfare so they won't lose prescription drug coverage after securing a job. The province will also provide welfare recipients returning to the workforce with one-time funding to assist them with specific costs such as transportation and work clothing."
Source:
canadaeast.com

Related Links:

NB Social Assistance
New Brunswick Welfare Policy Manual
Department of Family and Community Services


Historical Document:

BUILDING TOMORROW TOGETHER 
Discussion Paper on Social Policy
(PDF file - 115K, 20 pages)
- February 1999 

Province-wide consultation "about future directions and underlying values for New Brunswick's social policy." 

Covers a wide range of issues including income assistance, persons with disabilities, human rights. etc. 
Source:
Social Policy Renewal Secretariat


Disability Framework Working Group

Response to final report of N.B. Disability Framework Working Group
News Release
Sept. 5, 2003
"The government's response to the final report of the New Brunswick Disability Framework Working Group was released today by Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens".
Source: Family and Community Services

Response to final report (short summary + links)
"The report contains 24 recommendations to improve services to persons with disabilities, by developing a new disability policy framework. Government accepts in principle the majority of the recommendations. Work will now be carried out toward establishing, through the implementation of pilot projects, a person-centred approach that empowers persons with disabilities to participate as full citizens of New Brunswick."

Response to the Report of the New Brunswick Disability Framework Working Group (PDF file - 205K, 16 pages)
September 2003

Report of the New Brunswick Disability Framework
Working Group (PDF file - 483K, 59 pages)
October 2002

Related Link:

New Disability Framework Working Group for New Brunswick
News Release
Office of the Premier
February 19, 2002


Canada and New Brunswick sign agreement to assist people with disabilities
News Release
May 21, 2004
"FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers with disabilities will be able to participate more easily in the labour market because of an agreement announced today by the Honourable Andy Scott, Minister of State (Infrastructure), on behalf of the Honourable Liza Frulla, Minister of Social Development, and the Honourable Tony Huntjens, New Brunswick Minister of Family and Community Services. 'Helping people with disabilities to be more fully involved as citizens is a priority for all governments,' said Minister Scott. 'Every New Brunswicker must have the opportunity to make a contribution to our economy and our society. I am so pleased to work with New Brunswick on this national priority.'"
Source:
Social Development Canada (SDC)

This agreement was signed under the Multilateral Framework for Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities, which replaced the Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities initiative in April 2004.
For more info about the national framework and the agreements signed with other jurisdictions to date, go to the Disability Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/disbkmrk.htm


Financial assistance for day care services - New Brunswick
News Release
August 25, 2004
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - Beginning on Sept. 1, more New Brunswick parents will be eligible for funding under the Day Care Assistance Program to access affordable and quality child care. The provincial government reminds parents that significant enhancements have been made to the Day Care Assistance Program. First, the family income threshold for a full day care subsidy has been raised from $15,000 to $22,000 yearly net family income. The government also increased the subsidy rate to $22 per day for children under the age of two, $20 per day for children over the age of two; and $10.75 per day for after-school children. All these changes come into effect on Sept. 1, 2004. (...)
The Day Care Assistance Program is part of the New Brunswick's investments under the Early Learning and Child Care agreement." (bolding added)
Source:
Department of Family and Community Services
Related Links: see the Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm


Early Childhood Development

New Brunswick Family and Community Services
Early Childhood Development Agenda presented
January 20, 2005
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - Increased funding in day care services in New Brunswick is one of the highlights of the provincial government's fourth report on the Early Childhood Development Agenda, presented today by Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens. '
I am pleased to report that in 2002-2003, we increased funding to improve the working conditions and training of staff in the province's day care centres,' Huntjens said. 'We increased opportunities for children with special needs to attend full-time day care. We also provided funding to improve the health of pregnant women and their newborns, and we supported mothers and young children living in transition houses.'"

Complete report:

Greater Opportunities for New Brunswick Children:
An Early Childhood Development Agenda
Investments and Outcomes(2002–03)
(PDF file - 798K, 35 pages)

Source:
Family and Community Services

Related Links: go to the Government Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm

Greater Opportunities for New Brunswick Children: An Early Childhood Development Agenda Update - June 2002
(PDF file - 6.9MB, 10 pages)

Second phase of Early Childhood Development Agenda
June 11, 2002
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - Family and Community Services Minister Joan MacAlpine has reconfirmed New Brunswick's commitment to young children and their families. This year, almost $36 million will be spent on programs and activities to support greater opportunities for New Brunswick children. Today the minister announced Phase Two initiatives of the province's Early Childhood Development Agenda."

Greater Opportunities for New Brunswick Children: An Early Childhood Development Agenda
Phase 1: 2001-2002

PDF file - 830K, 11 pages
April 2001 (Modified June 2002)

Prenatal Benefit Program launched - January 17, 2002
This program is one of the initiatives included in the Early Childhood Development Agenda.

Launch of Children's Support Program - Dec. 12, 2001 (...one of seven initiatives of the Early Childhood Development Agenda (ECD) which will invest about $50 million in New Brunswick children over the next five years).

Early Childhood Development Agenda - Backgrounders
- incl. links to : Child Witnesses of Family Violence - Community Capacity Building for Children and Families - Early Language Program for Preschool Children - Enhanced Child Day Care Services - Enhancements to Early Childhood Initiatives - Excellence in Parenting - Prenatal Benefit Program

Budget estimates - Family and Community Services - April 10, 2001

Housing Programs and Services
- includes information about housing and shelter assistance programs in New Brunswick

Prenatal Benefit Program launched
Family and Community Services
Jan. 17, 2002
This program is one of the initiatives included in the Early Childhood Development Agenda.

Launch of Children's Support Program
Family and Community Services
Dec. 12, 2001
Women and children who are victims of family violence will be offered new services under the Children's Support Program launched today by the Department of Family and Community Services and the New Brunswick Coalition of Transition Houses. (...) The Children's Support Program is one of seven initiatives of the Early Childhood Development Agenda (ECD) which will invest about $50 million in New Brunswick children over the next five years.

Launch of PolicyLinkNB project
Nov. 16, 2001
FREDERICTON (CNB) -- A group of voluntary organizations in New Brunswick will undertake a project that will focus on building the capacity of the voluntary sector to influence the policies that affect their organizations and the people they represent.

Budget estimates - Family and Community Services
April 10, 2001

Minister's statement / National Child Day
Family and Community Services 
Nov. 20, 2000 
- Includes a list of programs and services implemented over the past few years to assist New Brunswick children and their families. 

Disability supplement for disabled
October 4/00 
Office of the Premier 
Family and Community Services 
FREDERICTON (CNB) - Social assistance clients who are certified disabled will receive additional funding in their social assistance cheques this month.
Full Story...

2000-2001 Budget Estimates
Press Release (06/00) 

Report on child welfare released
News Release 
Family and Community Services 
June 29, 2000 

 Province to receive $2.4 million to fight homelessness - December 23, 1999 
Federal funding to prevent homeless [sic] - December 17, 1999 
Concerted attack on child poverty needed - November 24, 1999
Social assistance reforms must be suited to New Brunswick - Press Release (Sept. 30, 1999) 

Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour

Minimum wage in New Brunswick - under the Employment Standards Act

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N.B. to raise minimum wage to $10
January 5, 2010
New Brunswick is sticking with its plan to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour over the next 20 months — with one of the increases coming in the middle of the government's September re-election campaign. But Labour Minister Donald Arseneault said the minimum wage is not about politics. "To bring our minimum wage to the Atlantic average by September 2011 is a priority issue for our province if we are going to reduce the level of poverty in our province," Arseneault said Tuesday. About four per cent of New Brunswick workers earn the minimum wage.
The wage will rise in four steps:
* April 1, 2010: an increase of 25 cents to $8.50 per hour.
* Sept. 1, 2010, an increase of 50 cents to $9 per hour.
* April 1, 2011: an increase of 50 cents to $9.50 per hour.
* Sept. 1, 2011: an increase of 50 cents to $10 per hour.
Source:
CBC New Brunswick

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How does that compare
with other Canadian jurisdictions?

Current And Forthcoming Minimum Hourly Wage Rates For Adult Workers in Canada
(this is the BEST resource for info on current and upcoming minimum wage levels by province/territory)

Minimum Hourly Wages for Canadian Adult Workers since 1965
This information is broken up into five files - one for each decade.
The link above takes you to the latest decade (2005 to 2014); click the date links at the top of the page for pages for earlier decades.

NOTE: Several other jurisdictions have either recently increased their minimum wage level or will be doing so in the coming months.
Highlights:
* Newfoundland and Labrador increased its minimum wage from $9.00 to $9.50 as of January 1.
* Nova Scotia will increase its minimum wage twice this year - in April and October. The current level is $8.60, increasing to $9.65 as of October.
* Ontario's minimum wage, currently $9.50, will increase to $10.25 at the end of March.
* Since 2007, Yukon increases its minimum wage each April to match increase in the Consumer Price Index for the City of Whitehorse.
For more information, see Minimum Hourly Wages, 2005-2014 (this is the same link as above)

Source:
Minimum Wage Database
[ Employment Standards Legislation in Canada ]
[ Labour Program, Human Resources and Social Development Canada ]

- Go to the Minimum Wage /Living Wage Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/minwage.htm



Health

Finance
HOME PAGE
Budget Documents


New Brunswick Budget 2010 - 2011
December 1, 2009
The 2010-11 provincial budget will focus on continuing record funding for health care and education; tax relief to individuals and businesses; and record capital investments of $896 million for strategic infrastructure projects. These investments will boost the two-year record capital investments of $1.2 billion announced in March to almost $1.6 billion.
- includes links to all budget documents and related multimedia presentations
- also includes links to previous budgets


Record health, education investments, priority investments key to 2010-11 budget
News Release
Dec 1, 2009
FREDERICTON (CNB) - The 2010-11 provincial budget will focus on continuing record funding for health care and education; tax relief to individuals and businesses; and record capital investments of $896 million for strategic infrastructure projects. These investments will boost the two-year record capital investments of $1.2 billion announced in March to almost $1.6 billion. Finance Minister Greg Byrne tabled the budget in the legislative assembly today. (...)
The main components of the budget are in keeping with the priorities of last year's budget:
* a record two-year investment in infrastructure approaching $1.6 billion;
* the second phase of The Plan for Lower Taxes in New Brunswick; and
* record investments in priorities, including health care, education and social development.

Budget Speech (PDF - 824K, 29 pages)
Economic Update
(PDF - 375K, 12 pages)
Delivering Lower Taxes for New Brunswickers
(PDF - 209K, 8 pages)
Main Estimates
(PDF - 1.2MB, 326 pages)

Source:
New Brunswick Department of Finance

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Related links:

New Brunswick Liberals expect $749 million deficit in 2010-11
By Marty Klinkenberg
December 1, 2009
FREDERICTON — Struggling in the polls as a result of its plan to sell NB Power to Hydro Quebec, Premier Shawn Graham's Liberal government rolled out an election-year budget Tuesday that calls for nearly $8 billion in spending, including record investments in health and education. The government estimates it will spend a record $2.46 billion on health, an increase of $82.8 million over the current fiscal year; $996 million on education, an increase of 3.3 per cent; and $987 million on social development, an increase of $35 million.
Source:
New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal

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Reading Between the Lines of "Overcoming Poverty Together-
NB Economic and Social Inclusion Plan"
(PDF - 1.6MB, 28 pages)
Analysis by the Common Front for Social Justice
[Powerpoint presentation]
February 2010
NOTE: This is an analysis of the poverty situation and the New Brunswick Government's poverty reduction plan; the 2010-2011 provincial budget is mentioned in some bullet points on p. 26.
"... 2010-2011 budget offers no relief for those most in need"
"For 97% of social assistance, there will be no changes in rate until April 2011 or possibly later."

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Finance minister says program and service cuts, fee hikes are in the cards under the budget
By Nick Moore
FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers will continue to pay lower tax rates next year, but could also face the possibility of paying higher fees for some provincial services and see reductions to certain programs and services currently offered. Yesterday's provincial budget also detailed changes to the government's initial plan to see a return to balanced budgets by the 2012-13 fiscal year. That plan has now been pushed back further by another two years, to 2014-15
Source:
Times & Transcript

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New Brunswick records largest deficit in province's history
December 1, 2009
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick has recorded a $754-million deficit for the 2009-10 fiscal year, the highest deficit in the province's history. The provincial government tabled a $8-billion budget Tuesday for 2010-11 with no expectation to get out of the red ink until at least 2014.
Source:
The Toronto Star


NOTE: On this page, you'll find information about the latest provincial budget only.

To avoid unnecessary duplication of budget links on multiple pages, I've moved links to all earlier budgets over to the pages below, organized by fiscal year. The pages below include links to media analysis and selected critique from NGOs on the budgets, and the amount of coverage varies across jurisdictions and over the years.

Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2010
Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2009
Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2008

Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2007
Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2006
Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2005
Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2004

 

Department of Justice 
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The Family Support Orders Service

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Social Condition added to Human Rights Act - New Brunswick
On June 30, 2004 the New Brunswick government passed an amendment to the New Brunswick Human Rights Act to include "social condition" as a protected ground in the Act. Throughout the Act all relevant sections will be amended striking out "or sex" and substituting ", sex, social condition, political belief or activity".
See the New Brunswick government website for a listing of the amended sections.
Source:
PovNet
See also:
Province to restore legal aid services
(NB Govt.)

Post-Secondary Education and Training

Office of the Auditor General
HOME PAGE
Auditor-General's Reports (1995 to 2002) 
1996 Report - incl. chapter on Andersen Consulting 
1998 Report - incl. chapter on the NB Case System (Andersen Consulting)
NOTE: there's a section in each report entitled "Follow-up on Prior Years' Audit Work" - you'll find references to Andersen Consulting in this section for most years

Department of Education
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Women's Issues

New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
- incl. links to : What's New - Issues - Documents - Who We Are / Contacts - Talent Banks & Groups
NOTE: the Documents section contains links to over two dozen reports on women and health, early childhood services, history and pay equity

Sample reports:

Employment Insurance and Women: What You Should Know (PDF - 130K, 6 pages)
[* includes links to nearly three dozen online resources]
April 2009
Table of contents:
1. Fewer Women Qualify
2. Accumulating Those Magic Hours
3. When Caring Conflicts With Work
4. Women’s Benefits Are Low
5. Inadequate Sickness Benefits
6. A Poor Plan For Parents
7. Quebec Parents Have It
8. Inadequate Caregiving Leave
9. What Women Want
10. In Support of Effective Policies

Life on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, or
"If Welfare Owns You, You Can't Do Nothing"
(PDF file - 330K, 57 pages)
Ysabel Provencher & Chantal Bourassa, Action Research Laboratory, School of Social Work, Université de Moncton
July 2005
"The two general objectives of the study were to gain a better understanding of (1) the reality of Francophone social assistance recipients in New Brunswick, and (2) the successes and difficulties encountered in implementing the new mechanisms, policies, and programs associated with the 1995 reform of the social assistance system. The findings of this study arose from a series of five group interviews conducted with Francophone social assistance recipients in the southeastern and northern regions of the province in the summer and fall of 2004. (...)We describe a few aspects of the social assistance system (income levels, programs and benefit rates, eligibility procedures) and present a few characteristics of the provincial profile of social assistance recipients (number of households on social assistance, distribution of recipients by type of household and benefit rate). "
- highly recommended, excellent resource on welfare reforms in New Brunswick!

Women's List - Federal Election 2008
September 2008
Issues of importance to Canadian women’s equality in the 2008 federal election:

* Deliver on the constitutional promise of equality
* Ensure equal rights for Aboriginal women
* Fund quality early childhood care & education
* Ensure a livable income
* Commit to affordable housing
* Eliminate violence against women
* Ensure access to justice
* Improve maternity & parental benefits
* Act for women’s health
* Increase female political representation

Click the Women's List link for a collection of over 120 individual resources related to the above list of issues.
[Some of this info is specific to NB]
NOTE: Never mind the federal election --- I highly recommend this resource as a primer on women's issues in Canada!

Poverty is everybody's business in N.B.
October 2, 2008
By Elsie Hambrook
Nasty prejudices still get in the way of concerted action on poverty. Some people paint all the poor with the same brush. They think the poor are "lazy" or "irresponsible", that if they made different choices, worked harder or "smarter", they could pull themselves out of poverty. Denial is also a stumbling block, as in "I'd never go on welfare, it'll never happen to me." The reality is that many people work full-time but earn less than the poverty line, juggle part-time or seasonal jobs, education and training along with family responsibilities and still can't make ends meet. For some New Brunswickers, poverty is as close as a few missed paycheques, the result of a separation or divorce for women, or of an illness or disability that strikes before the Old Age Pension kicks in.
Source:
Times & Transcript
[ Author Elsie Hambrook is the new Chairperson of the
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women ]

Shouldn't we have a plan to reduce poverty?
A Woman's View
(PDF - 63K, 2 pages)
We should be hard-headed about poverty in New Brunswick – “hard-headed” as in focussed and scientific about finding and doing what works to eliminate poverty. Some current poverty programs, here and in other jurisdictions, may have the effect of keeping people poor, for all the care that goes into what gets called a “poverty program”. What is worse, effective programs may be undone by other initiatives, given the lack of coordination and of monitoring.
From the column by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
Former Chairperson of the
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
in the Times & Transcript, July 17, 2008.

Life on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, or
"If Welfare Owns You, You Can't Do Nothing"
(PDF file - 330K, 57 pages)
Ysabel Provencher & Chantal Bourassa, Action Research Laboratory, School of Social Work, Université de Moncton
July 2005
"The two general objectives of the study were to gain a better understanding of (1) the reality of Francophone social assistance recipients in New Brunswick, and (2) the successes and difficulties encountered in implementing the new mechanisms, policies, and programs associated with the 1995 reform of the social assistance system. The findings of this study arose from a series of five group interviews conducted with Francophone social assistance recipients in the southeastern and northern regions of the province in the summer and fall of 2004. (...)We describe a few aspects of the social assistance system (income levels, programs and benefit rates, eligibility procedures) and present a few characteristics of the provincial profile of social assistance recipients (number of households on social assistance, distribution of recipients by type of household and benefit rate). "
- highly recommended, excellent resource on welfare reforms in New Brunswick!

2004 Report Card on the Status of Women in New Brunswick
March 8, 2004
"Fully 75% of New Brunswick women with preschoolers were in the labour force in 2002, a jump from 70% the previous year. The 2004 Report Card on the Status of Women in N.B. released today by the Advisory Council on the Status of Women notes that N.B. has a higher rate than the Canadian average of 70% for women with preschoolers. The majority (60%) of lone mothers with preschoolers were also out working for pay in N.B. in 2002."
Media Release (Word file - 25K, 2 pages)
2004 Report Card (PDF file - 1.76MB, 76 pages)
Poster (PDF file - 179K, 1 page)
Factsheets (small PDF files, one-pagers) :
* Women in the labour force * Violence * Youth * Aboriginal Women in NB * Woman with Disabilities
[ Women's Issues ]
[ Executive Council Office ]

Documents of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women - includes links to earlier report cards as well as to annual reports of the Council and reports on a variety of topics, including the legal aspects of common-law relationships, sexual health, child care, income assistance, women and voting, the pay gap, single parents, and much more.

Issues - links to overviews of 45 issues affecting women in New Brunswick, many including links to more detailed info

Minister releases wage gap report
New Brunswick Status of Women
News Release
December 5, 2003
"The final report of the New Brunswick wage gap round table was released today by Training and Employment Development Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney, Minister responsible for the Status of Women. The report recommends that the government lead a five-year action plan consisting of voluntary measures to address the wage gap in the public and private sectors."
Complete report:
Closing New Brunswick’s Wage Gap:
An Economic Imperative
- PDF file (1.5MB, 101 pages)

2002 Report Card on the Status of Women in New Brunswick
March 2002
"A statistical profile of women in New Brunswick: Population, Education and Training, Income and Poverty, Family Responsibilities, Labour Force, Violence, Positions of Influence, Provincial Government Employees."


Other New Brunswick Sites


New resource from the

Canadian Council on Social Development
:
(May 25, 2009)

Restoring Hope or Treading Water? (PDF - 263K, 19 pages)
By Kurt Peacock
University of New Brunswick (Saint John)
[ version française - PDF ]

Source:
Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs
Social Development Report Series, 2009
[ Canadian Council on Social Development ]

Also from CCSD :

Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs in Canada (PDF - 341K, 29 pages)
By David I. Hay, Information Partnership

Related links ===> Go to the Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm

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Homeless in Moncton: New report card
March 24, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
A total of 725 people were homeless in Moncton, New Brunswick, according to the 2008 homelessness report card from the Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee. Among other items, the report notes that 30 people sleep on mats on the floor at one hostel every night, including pregnant women.
Source:
Wellesley Institute Blog
[ Wellesley Institute ]

Related links:

Experiencing Homelessness
The First Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2008
(PDF - 723K, 6 pages)

Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee
The Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee (GMHSC) is an inter-agency committee representing all agencies in Greater Moncton that work with the homeless population and those at risk of becoming homeless.

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11,000 Atlantic millionaires and 77,000 households
mired in debt: Rich-poor gap grows as region loses wealth

September 2008
Press Release
A new report entitled Financial Security and Debt in Atlantic Canada examines trends in household wealth since the 1980s—in Canada as a whole and in the Atlantic region. In particular, it looks at trends in wealth distribution, including Atlantic Canada’s share of national wealth and in the portion of wealth owned by the top, middle and lower wealth groups.

Financial Security and Debt in Atlantic Canada
September 2008
By Kimberley Tran and Ronald Colman
Complete report (PDF - 7.1MB, 136 pages)

Source:
GPI Atlantic
GPIAtlantic is an independent, non-profit research and education organization committed to the development of the Genuine Progress Index (GPI) – a new measure of sustainability, wellbeing and quality of life.

Related link:

Poverty issue still percolating
Editorial
September 8, 2008
The latest report from GPI Atlantic on poverty in the region reaches back 21?2 millennia to quote Aristotle’s observation that “revolutions arise from inequalities.” That’s followed with a more contemporary reference to 2005 riots in France, “a poignant reminder of the potential consequences of marginalizing the poorest households.”
Source:
The Cape Breton Post

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New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice
"The CFSJ promotes alternative policies in order to create a society concerned mainly about human beings.
* fairer distribution of power, thus a more dynamic democracy with greater participation;
* fairer distribution of wealth, thus a more equitable tax system;
* to improve the Canadian social security net, such as public health, public welfare and unemployement insurance;
* to challenge the corporate agenda by attempting to counter policies of privatization, deregulation and the withdrawal of the state;
* to increase the value and the dignity of human work."
- incl. links to : Documents | Press Releases | Action Alerts | Links | Home | Site Map | Contact us | Français

From CBC New Brunswick:

N.B. Liberals abandoning promise to raise social assistance rates
April 29, 2009
A multimillion-dollar promise made to New Brunswick's poorest families during the 2006 election campaign is being quietly abandoned by the Liberal government. Premier Shawn Graham said he has had second thoughts about raising social assistance rates in New Brunswick to the Atlantic Canadian average. Instead, the province is freezing them at their level this year. Graham championed the idea of substantially raising rates for those on welfare as Opposition leader and later during the 2006 election. He included it as a central promise in his election platform and personally told social assistance recipients during the campaign he would deliver on the pledge, which could cost up to $30 million.

Liberals will still hike welfare rates,
Social Development Minister Mary Schryer insists, but Premier not so sure
April 29, 2009
NOTE: you'll find over a dozen links to related articles, videos and websites
in the right-hand margin of this article, under "In depth: What happened to Liberal social assistance pledge"

Related link:

New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice
- includes links to Word and PDF files on the following topics:
* Assistance Annual Revenue: New Brunswick Lags Behind
* Social Assistance Rates in New Brunswick
* The Geography of Poverty in New Brunswick
* Comparison: Annual income of a person working full time at minimum wage versus the low-income cutoff
* Evolution of minimum wage in New Brunswick
* Annual income of single-parent families receiving social assistance versus the poverty line
* The Sad Side of Victor Boudreau's Budget, Open letter from Auréa Cormier, Provincial Council Member, Common Front for Social Justice, published in the Telegraph Journal March 27, 2009
* People living in poverty are ounce again left out by this Liberal government, CFSJ Press Release, March 18, 2009
* Open Letter to Shawn Graham: Heating Costs, March 9, 2009
* What should the priorities be in the upcoming budget? February 20, 2009

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Common Front for Social Justice (CFSJ) Press Conference (PDF - 113K, 3 pages)
October 30, 2008
"The Common Front for Social Justice [is] interested in the initiative presented by the Minister of Social Development in her endeavour to launch a Poverty Reduction Plan and for her decision to have public participation, including people living in poverty. However, let us be clear, the process to develop this plan will take over one year and there is nothing right now to address immediate problems. (...) We urge the present government to adopt immediate measures to alleviate the sufferings of people and to allow them to have a minimum amount of comfort throughout the winter months. In our view, the government must adopt measures, as soon as possible, in four specific areas:
- heating costs,
- current legislation regarding minimum wage,
- basic welfare rates, and
- housing assistance."
Source:
Press releases (links to 30 releases going back to 2003)
[ Common Front for Social Justice ]
The Common Front for Social Justice is fighting to build a more human society based on the respect and dignity of all. We want a New Brunswick without poverty. We want a society which give each and everyone a decent living, in particular by having a minimum wage and social income on which citizens can to live on and not just exist.
[ more CFSJ Documents ]

October 2007
No Difference between the previous and current government in fighting poverty

The current Liberal government was elected in September 2006. NB citizens expected it would bring improvement to social conditions. One year later, we’re still waiting for progress.

October 2007
United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

With the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Common Front for Social Justice is asking the Shawn Graham liberal government to implement a plan to eliminate poverty in the province.

October 2007
Social assistance : a life of misery for many
(Word file)
Over 40,000 people from New Brunswick cannot work and depend on social assistance. Among these, there are over 7,000 who live alone and are under the category "Transitional". These people have received a $16 raise on October 1st, which means that they went from $505 to $521 monthly.

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Service Canada Regional Information:
New Brunswick

This page provides information on region-specific services for Individuals, Business and Organizations.
Services include: Jobs * Financial Benefits * Employment Insurance * Taxes * Training and Careers * Identification Cards * Travel and Passports * Health * Consumer Information * Canada and the World * Environment and Resources * Economy * Public Safety * Culture and Recreation * Science and Technology.
Source:
Service Canada
Human Resources and Social Development Canada

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Nodice Elections: New Brunswick
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/newbrunswick
Source:
Nodice Elections
Related Links:
- Go to the Political Parties and Elections Links in Canada (Provinces and Territories) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/politics_prov_terr.htm

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The Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy (CRISP) is a multi-disciplinary research organization based at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton. CRISP is dedicated to improving the effectiveness of social policy in Canada, to help Canadian communities provide better education and care for their children, and to contribute to capacity-building efforts in developing countries.

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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) 
ACOA  is a federal government agency headquartered in the Atlantic Region. ACOA's goal is to improve the economy of Atlantic Canadian communities through the successful development of business and job opportunities. 

Five year report to Parliament, 1998-2003 - ACOA (PDF file - 1.7MB, 86 pages)
Press Release (October 3, 2003)

Another Look at Welfare Reform (Autumn 1997)
- an in-depth analysis by the National Council of Welfare of changes in Canadian welfare programs in the 1990s.
The report focuses on the provincial and territorial reforms that preceded the repeal of the Canada Assistance Plan and those that followed the implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer. 
Complete report online - large file (300K+) but well worth the wait for detailed information on welfare reforms in the 1990s in each Canadian jurisdiction, as well as a national overview of the broad issues of welfare reform and the setting for welfare reform in Canada
Source :
National Council of Welfare

Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization

Lord government revises welfare rules
June 1, 2005
CBC News
[NOTE: this link is expired - I'm leaving the text here for your info...]
"FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government is relaxing a controversial policy that discouraged people on welfare from living together to share expenses. The change will allow two single parents to live under the same roof, without having their benefits reduced."

Employability Assistance For People With Disabilities
  June 1, 1998

WORKink New Brunswick - The Virtual Employment Resource Centre
Career and Employment Resources for Persons with Disabilities 

- Links to a wide range of information for people with disabilities and those who support them. 
Source:
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of the third periodic report of Canada : United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (June 10, 1998)
New Brunswick Government Response to the List of Issues


The Human Development Council (HDC)
is a local social planning council working with citizens to improve the overall quality of life in Greater Saint John. It was formed in 1979 and seeks to coordinate and promote social development in the region. Our goals are to: study and identify social needs within the community, and the services that exist to meet those needs; advise and assist in planning and developing new services and improving existing ones; initiate opportunities for joint action in the development, coordination, and delivery of services appropriate to community needs; and facilitate local citizens’ access to information about community programs and services.

Selected HDC reports:

New Brunswick Report Card on Child and Family Poverty (PDF - 445K, 12 pages)
November 2009
In November 2009, New Brunswick joined the ranks of provinces that have adopted comprehensive poverty reduction strategies.
Overcoming Poverty Together: The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan
has set a target of reducing income poverty by 25% and deep income poverty by 50% by the year 2015.

Version française:
Rapport sur la pauvreté des enfants et des
familles au Nouveau Brunswick • 2009
(PDF - 456Ko., 12 pages)
Novembre 2009

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Child and Family Poverty report card 2007 (PDF file - 780K, 6 pages)
November 2007
Source:
New Brunswick Human Development Council

Related link:

Campaign 2000 Report on Child and Family Poverty in Canada
Main page - includes links to both the French and English media releases and reports, as well as links to national report cards for previous years and for selected Canadian provinces.
[ Campaign 2000 ]

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Child and Family Poverty Report Card: New Brunswick [pdf, 6pp, 300KB]
November 2006
Source:
Human Development Council of Saint John

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Related Links from Campaign 2000:

Canada’s Child Poverty Levels not Budging -
New report shows child poverty “entrenched” in Canada over 25 Years

Campaign 2000
23 November 2006
The rate of child and family poverty in Canada has been stalled at 17-18% over the past 5 years despite strong economic growth and low unemployment, according to a new report by Campaign 2000.

Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty for Too Long [pdf, 6pp, 311KB]
2006 report card on child poverty in Canada

Earlier editions of the
report card on child poverty in Canada
- reports in English and French going back to 2002
TIP: if you scroll to the bottom of the earlier editions page, you'll also find links to a 2002 report to the UN Special Session on Children entitled A report on a decade of child and family poverty in Canada and a November 2001 Campaign 2000 Bulletin entitled Family Security in Insecure Times: Tackling Canada's Social Deficit.

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Reports provide wake-up call on future of Canada’s cities
Media Release
March 23, 2005
"‘Social inclusion’ reports were released today in five cities -- Saint John, Toronto, Burlington, Edmonton and Vancouver. They are the work of Inclusive Cities Canada, a unique, participatory research initiative that uses a social inclusion framework to build people-friendly cities, promote good urban governance and develop strategies for supporting urban diversity. The federally-funded initiative set up Civic Panels made of community and municipal leaders to conduct social inclusion ‘audits’. Over 1,000 participants contributed to the findings. The research examined important dimensions of social inclusion, such as how cities respond to diversity, levels of civic engagement, living conditions, opportunities for human development and community services."

Download the report for St. John (PDF file - 895K, 49 pages)

Related Link:

Federation of Canadian Municipalities
[Inclusive Cities Canada works in collaboration with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities]
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is a national organization of 1000 plus cities in Canada. Comprised of locally elected politicians, FCM endeavours to support local governments through conferences, research and information and acts as a lobby for the interests of cities with the Federal Government. Over the past 15 years besides issues of local infrastructure, FCM has advocated for a better quality of life in our local communities. To achieve our goals, FCM liaises and works with numerous other Canadian groups and organizations.

Source:
Inclusive Cities Canada
"Inclusive Cities Canada: A Cross-Canada Civic Initiative is a unique partnership of community leaders and elected municipal politicians working collaboratively to enhance social inclusion across Canada. The goals of Inclusive Cities Canada (ICC) are to strengthen the capacity of cities to create and sustain inclusive communities for the mutual benefit of all people, and to ensure that community voices of diversity are recognized as core Canadian ones."

- Go to the Municipalities Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/municipal.htm

Council of Atlantic Premiers
This web site provides information on:
* the Council of Atlantic Premiers (CAP),
* the Council of Maritime Premiers (CMP), and
* the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP)
The website also provides convenient online access to Council publications, employee contact information, and to regional agencies and organizations as well as providing information on Working Together for Atlantic Canada: An Action Plan for Regional Co-operation (PDF- 492k, November 8, 2001).

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
- (includes reports on CPP, transfer payments, UI reforms, pensions, the fishery, etc.)

Canadaeast.com - Eastern Canada's Information Source

St. Thomas University
Mount Allison University

Université de Moncton

University of New Brunswick

Daily Gleaner

The Self-Sufficiency Project (New Brunswick, British Columbia) from the (U.S.) Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism (Clearing house for collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform and child well-being)
- See the Canadian Social Research Links Self-Sufficiency Project page for related links

From Human Resources Development Canada - Applied Research Branch:
Posted in May 2003
[Clicking the link below will take you to an abstract of the study and links to HTML and PDF versions of the full study]
Early Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
April 2003


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