Common Front for Social Justice CFSJ

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.

SECOND ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT

Theme: New Brunswick - Two Different Worlds
May 31st to June 4th, 2010, Moncton City Hall Mezzanine (2nd floor), 655 Main St.

Exhibits depicts social injustice - Times & Transcript, June 1, 2010.

Download the Catalogue

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMMON FRONT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Theme: Eradication of poverty - Empowering ourselves, being vigilant

NB Poverty Reduction Plan: Updates and Developments - Jean-Claude Basque and Auréa Cormier, June 2010.

Tired of being manipulated? - Claude Snow, June 2010.


Update on the Poverty Reduction Plan - Auréa Cormier	Workshop participants	Claude Snow presentation on the role of the state in social programs	Workshop participants

OVERCOMING POVERTY TOGETHER: The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan

Analysis of the Poverty Reduction Plan - Reading between the lines - February 2010 | June 2010.

Our Analysis of the Provincial Poverty Plan - Summary - January 2010.

Our Analysis of the Provincial Poverty Plan - Complete document - updated, March 2010.

LETTERS, COMMENTARIES, ARTICLES

“At 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” - news release, June 29, 2010.

Annual Report 2009-2010 - Our actions in 2009-2010, FCJS.

Third Summit on Poverty - flyer, June 2010.

Revealing Statistics on the Socioeconomic Status - June 2010.

Two Different Worlds - Catalogue for the art exhibit held at Moncton City Hall May 31st to June 4th, 2010.

UPCOMING EVENTS

THIRD SUMMIT ON POVERTY
Theme: Poverty, a violation of Human Rights
October 15-16, 2010 at the Moncton Lions Community Centre (473 St. George Street)
Download: flyer | registration form

MISCELLANEOUS

NB had the highest annual inflation in the country.

Graphics :
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.