Canadian Social Research Links 
New Brunswick

Updated March 23, 2008
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Government of New Brunswick 2008-2009 Budget - March 18, 2008
The 2008-2009 Budget was tabled in the New Brunswick Legislature by Victor Boudreau, Minister of Finance on March 18, 2008.
- incl. links to : Budget Speech - News release - The New Brunswick Economy - Main Estimates

Related Web/News/Blog links:

Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"new brunswick, budget 2008-2009"
- Web search results page
- News search results page
- Blog Search Resuls page
Source:
Google.ca

- Go to the Canadian Government Budgets Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets.htm

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Bill 32, 2007
On December 19, 2007 the name of the Department of Family and Community Services was changed to Department Social Development.

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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 and Training
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
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)
See also:
Number of People on Welfare, March 1995 to March 2005 (PDF file - 133K, 1 page)
Source: National Council of Welfare

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
2004-2005 Family and Community Services Annual Report (PDF file - 559K, 69 pages)
Life on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, or
"If Welfare Owns You, You Can't Do Nothing"
(PDF file - 330K, 57 pages)Source: New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women


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

New Brunswick Provincial Election 2006
September 18, 2006
- includes detailed election results, ridings and candidates, polls, historical election results, related links, and more...
Source:
Nodice Elections
(NOTE: the Nodice Elections page includes links to past, current and future elections in all Canadian jurisdictions)

Google Web Search Results:
"New Brunswick election, 2006"
Google News Search Results:
"New Brunswick election, 2006"
Each of the two links above will open a page of Google.ca search results, and this page will always include links to new content.
Source:
Google.ca


Budget 2007-2008 and Capital Estimates
March 13, 2007
The 2007-2008 Budget was tabled in the New Brunswick Legislature by Victor Boudreau Minister of Finance on March 13, 2007.
- incl. links to:
* Budget Speech * News release * Fact Sheets * The New Brunswick Economy * Main Estimates * 2007-2008 Pre-Budget Consultation Document
Source:
New Brunswick Department of Finance

- Go to the Canadian Government Budgets Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets.htm

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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

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DEPARTMENTS, DOCUMENTS


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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

2002-2003 Family and Community Services Annual Report (PDF file - 1.7MB, 54 pages)

Welfare Policy Manual
"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.

 


Hot Issue: 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


Welfare Reform:
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!
Source:
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women

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) 

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Health

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Finance
HOME PAGE
Budget Documents

Province of New Brunswick 2006-2007 Budget
March 28, 2006
- incl. links to all budget papers (News release - Speech - The New Brunswick Economy - Main Estimates)

Budget 2006-07 delivers on Five in Five Initiative
News Release
March 28, 2006
FREDERICTON (CNB) - Record amounts of money for education, health and seniors, lower taxes for New Brunswickers, a balanced budget, and help to cope with high energy costs are highlights of the 2006-07 provincial budget, brought down today by Finance Minister Jeannot Volpé.

Google.ca News Search Results:
"New Brunswick Budget 2006"
Google.ca Web Search Results:
"New Brunswick Budget 2006"
Source:
Google.ca

2005-2006 New Brunswick Budget
March 30, 2005
"Finance Minister Jeannot Volpé tabled on March 30, 2005 a balanced budget that invests record amounts in health and senior care, as well as in education and children. The 2005-2006 budget also contains further tax relief for New Brunswickers and small businesses. Building a Stronger New Brunswick for All contains total expenditures of $6.105 billion, an increase of 3.7 per cent from the revised 2004-2005 level. It contains no tax increases or new taxes."
- incl. links to : Speech - Highlights booklet - The New Brunswick Economy - Main Estimates - News release - Fact sheets - Workforce Profile

Finance minister delivers balanced budget
March 30
CBC News
[NOTE: this link is expired - I'm leaving the text here for your info...]
"Finance Minister Jeannot Volpe has introduced a balanced budget with no new taxes, a tax cut for small business and roughly $200 million in new spending on health care and education. (...) New Brunswick's welfare rates, among the lowest in Canada, will be increased for the first time since 1997. But the increases will be small. Volpe says the social assistance rates will go up a total of six per cent over the next three years. When fully implemented, that will boost the annual income for a single parent with two children by $624 a year. The two per cent increase scheduled for this year will amount to an increase of $16 a month for the same family. Volpe said it was better than no increase, but he admitted it wasn't much."

Google.ca News Search Results : "New Brunswick Budget 2005"
Google.ca Web Search Results : "New Brunswick Budget 2005"
Source:
Google.ca

- Go to the Canadian Government Budgets Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets.htm

2004-2005 Budget - Department of Finance
March 30, 2004
On the NB Finance home page, you'll find links to : Budget speech - News release - Highlights booklet - Main Estimates - 2004 Report on the New Brunswick Economy - Government of New Brunswick Workforce Profile - Pre-Budget Consultations 2004-2005 - 2004-2005 Capital Budget
News Release (incl. highlights and fact sheets)
March 30, 2004
"FREDERICTON (CNB) - The New Brunswick government today delivered a balanced budget for 2004-2005 with no new taxes and no tax increases. The budget contains record investments for the priorities of health and senior care, education and children, as well as investments to create jobs and prosperity."

Google News search Results : "New Brunswick budget 2004"
Google Web Search Results : "New Brunswick budget 2004"
Source:
Google.ca

Low-Income Seniors' Benefit available for 2003 (03/03/18)
March 18, 2003
"Once again the Low-Income Seniors' Benefit program will be offered in 2003 to eligible New Brunswick seniors. The Department of Finance will accept applications from April 1, 2003, to November 30, 2003. The annual benefit is a $100 cheque from the Government of New Brunswick to eligible low-income seniors," Finance Minister Peter Mesheau said. "In fiscal year 2002, the Low-Income Seniors' Benefit was provided to 32,000 people."
Source: NB Finance

Choosing Prosperity: A Balanced Approach
2002-2003 Budget
March 26, 2002
- incl. links to : Budget speech - News release - Highlights Brochure - Main Estimates - 2002 report on the New Brunswick Economy
"The New Brunswick government today delivered its third consecutive balanced budget, containing increased funding for health care, education, innovation and university infrastructure as well as lower taxes for people and businesses."

Highlights and Fact Sheets

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Department of Justice 
HOME PAGE
The Family Support Orders Service

NB Acts and Regulations
- organized alphabetically

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.)

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Post-Secondary Education and Training

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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

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Department of Education
HOME PAGE

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Executive Council Office

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:

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."


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Other New Brunswick Sites

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

What's new from the Common Front for Social Justice:

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.

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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