AGM 2011

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

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

Sharp Hike in the Cost of Food - Results of a 2011 N.B. Survey - August 2011. News release | Full report. Photos: 1, 2, 3

In Focus: Cost of Poverty in New Brunswick - Report of the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives.

Poverty and the new Conservative government in Ottawa, Rob Rainer, Canada Without Poverty, June 2011.

Proposed modifications regarding social assistance policies - Brief to the minister of Social Development and the Committee on Social Assistance Reform, May 25, 2011.

Minimum wage in N.B. is keeping thousands of workers in poverty, Press conference following World Day of Social Justice - full text | summary.

Executive summary - Impact of food price increases on low-income New Brunswickers, September 2010.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Reality of Poverty in 2010, news release | analysis. Important: Please note that in section 4 of the Analysis (People with disability), there is an error. The Disability Supplement is given for the upcoming year and not for the past year as we had stated. In effect, people with disability did not lose any money in 2010. We apologize for our mistake.

Two Home Energy Assistance Programs in 2011

Impact of food cost on food security in N.B. - November 2010.

Impact of food price increases on low-income New Brunswickers - September 2010.

2010 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada: 1989-2010 - read the full report here.

Speech by Rob Rainer, Executive Director - Bissell Centre's Looking Ahead...Putting Poverty Behind Us Forum October 6, 2010, Edmonton, Alberta.

December 10: Celebrate the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights - December 10, 2010.

After Four Years in Power - The Graham government's decisions and their impacts on citizens, August 2010, backgrounder | pamphlet

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

Revealing Statistics on the Socioeconomic Status - June 2010.

Food banks: temporary alternatives to an inadequate social safety net - April 2010.

Experiencing Homelessness: 3rd Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton and 2nd Provincial Report Card on Homelessness, March 2010 - The Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee.

Income Gaps and Food Banks - brochure, April 2010.

Food Banks and Soup Kitchens: An Overview - report prepared in response to the questionnaire addressed to food bank and soup kitchen clients, March 2010.

It all boils down to unfair distribution - editorial by Ed Finn.

Food crisis, root causes and solutions - Auréa Cormier, October 17, 2009.

Equal Opportunities Program under attack - commentary by Ysabel Provencher, PhD, Université Laval.

Experiencing Homelessness: The 2nd Report Card on Homelessness in Greater Moncton, 2009 - The Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee.

Commentary - Jean-Claude Basque, March 2010.

Analyses...

Provincial Budget 2011-2012 - A plate left empty - May 25, 2011. Analysis in PDF | PPT. Flyer.

Overcoming Poverty Together - The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan. February 2010 | January 2010 (summary) | June 2010.

Social services in NB: 2009-10 budget reduced by 1%

NB had the highest annual inflation in the country

Citizens in New Brunswick on Income Assistance lost 3.9% of their purchasing power in 2009. They also did not receive the 2% increase in their basis rate as in 2007 and 2008, so in reality their purchasing power went down 5.9%. How is the NB government new Poverty Reduction Strategy going to address this major loss of revenu when they have not targeted any increase in their 2010-2011 budget for people on Income Assistance?

Front for Social Justice applauds minimum wage hike, argues more needs to be done, NB Media Co-op, January 8, 2010.

Comparison of New Brunswick's minimum wage with the Atlantic average, January 2010.

Poverty in 2009 - The real picture, December 2009.

What should the priorities be in the upcoming budget?  February 20, 2009

Working Together to Reduce Poverty in the Province of New Brunswick - Document of recommendations for New Brunswick's Poverty Reduction Plan, endorsed by 19 organizations.

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

What should the priorities be in the upcoming budget?  February 20, 2009

Working Together to Reduce Poverty in the Province of New Brunswick, CFSJ, January 2009

Corporate Taxes 2007-2012

Justice before Charity: the 2nd Summit on Poverty, Janice Harvey, October 15, 2008

Common Good vs. Private Good, Al Daly, member of the Southeast Chapter of the CFSJ, October 8, 2008

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Letters & Documents du Comité des 12...

Emergency Home Heating Supplement, Application procedure to obtain this supplement, as confirmed to the Comité des 12 on January 7th, 2010 by the Deputy Minister of Social Development.

Some Rights kept secret

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Activities

A Plate Left Empty Campaign - More than 2,000 plates were brought to the offices of fourteen members of the Legislature Assembly - May 30, 2011. Photos: 1, 2, 3

Provincial Forum - Poverty, Hunger and Poor Health. Let's put a stop to it! - September 28, 2011. Invitation | Leaflet.

Second Annual Art Exhibit - May 31st to June 4th, 2010. Download the Catalogue. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Fashion Show for Valentine's Day, fundraiser, 2011. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Fashion Show for Valentine's Day, fundraiser, 2010.

Town Hall Meeting on the Proposed Sale of NB Power

Voice of the People Rally - N.B. Power Not for Sale

Make Work Pay - Presentation to the Minimum Wage Commission, March 16, 2011.

Presentation to the 2011-2012 New Brunswick Pre-Budget Consultations - January 18, 2011.

The Economic Crisis and the Provincial Budget: How New Brunswick Citizens are Affected - Presentation made during the Common Front's 2009 Annual General Meeting.

The role of the federal government in reducing poverty in Canada: the vision of New Brunswick - Presentation made before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resouces, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons Disabilities, presently studying the Federal contribution to reducing poverty in Canada, May 12, 2009

Poverty Reduction Plans - Presentation made during the Common Front's 2009 Annual General Meeting.

New Brunswick's Energy Challenge, Presentation by Kurt Peacock

Presentation to the Members of the Special Committee on New Brunswick's Tax System, Linda McCaustlin, July 7, 2008

The Establishment of a Working Group to Arrive at a Poverty Reduction Strategy for New Brunswick, Presentation made to Honourable Mary Schryer, Minister of Social Development, June 17, 2008

Report from the Southeast Chapter, April 26, 2008

Presentation to the Provincial Government Special Committee on Wellness, by Linda McCaustlin, February, 19, 2008

A BUDGET GEARED TOWARDS REDUCING POVERTY, Presentation made to Honourable Victor Boudreau, Minister of Finance, January 28, 2008

Municipal Elections 2008 - Moncton: Present and Future 
Sectors of Plenty and Sectors of Poverty 
Present and Future Challenges for Our City

Speech from the People, November 26, 2007

Position of the CFSJ on the Household Income Policy Presented to Minister Carmel Robichaud, September 19, 2007

Cost for Heating and Emergency Fuel Policy Presented to Minister Carmel Robichaud, September 19, 2007

Social assistance raise urgently needed Presentation September 19, 2007

AGM 2007 Presentations 

Newfoundland and Labrador's plan to reduce poverty (PDF - 4.2 MB)

What a difference 10 years can make! (PDF - 104 MB)

Documents from 3rd Summit on Poverty: Poverty, a violation of Human Rights, October 15-16, 2010

Report on the 3rd Summit on Poverty

Inequality in Canada (and NB) - A Brief History, Why it Matters, and What WE can Do - Rob Moir, economist at UNBSJ [ PDF | PPT ]

Documents from 2nd Summit on Poverty: Justice Before Charity, October 17-18, 2008

Summit Report

Food crisis, root causes and solutions, Presentation by Auréa Cormier, October 17, 2008

Documents of the 1st Summit Moving out of Poverty, October 2006

Summit Report

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Documents from International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17

Moncton March on October 17, 2011 - Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, 2010 - Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, 2009 - Program of activities andPoster.

Moncton March of Hope 

Program - March of Hope and Other Events 

"STAND UP" Pledge

Anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Celebration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights - December 10, 2010. Activity in Moncton: Food as a Basic Human Right (article 25 of the Declaration). The Common Front has served fricot to people in front of Moncton City Hall.
Photo of the Organizing Commitee (Left to right: Jackie Kerouac, Christine Chiasson, Krista Davis, Auréa Cormier.)

Breakfast - December 10, 2009 - Poverty and Human Rights

Open letter to the minister of Social Development - September 13, 2011.

Two-tier minimum wage - Letter to the minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, June 2011.

Poverty – 2011 Version - Jean-Claude Basque, January 29, 2011.

Change government's culture - Jean-Claude Basque, January 29, 2011.

These are the faces of poverty and social injustices in New Brunswick - for The Daily Gleaner, March 3, 2010.

Make Roundtable sessions document available to the public. Open letter to Shawn Graham, October 21, 2009.

Letter to the editor: Court Social Workers Must be Reinstated. Joannie LeBlanc, June 11, 2009.

Letter to the editor: Economic Unit. Jean-Claude Basque, June 5, 2009

The Sad Side of Victor Boudreau's Budget, Open letter from Auréa Cormier, Provincial Council Member, CFSJ, published in the Telegraph Journal March 27, 2009

Open Letter to Shawn Graham: Heating Costs, March 9, 2009

Open letter to Shawn Graham re: Poverty and Social Assistance, February 3, 2009

Letter in Reaction to "Poverty Reduction Plan," November 20, 2008

Survey to election candidates, CFSJ, September 23, 2008

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