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June 30, 2005
The National Council of Welfare has published a report that states that governments in Canada need to provide adequate funding to welfare programs and to end the "clawback" of child benefits to low...
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June 30, 2005
The Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization and other groups have called the Economic Unit Policy one of the worst examples of discrimination against low income people and are asking for its full...
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June 30, 2005
The city of Calgary's Communities Strategies has released a newsletter on issues impacting Calgary's Aboriginal community called Beyond Beads and Feathers (in PDF).
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June 30, 2005
Anti-poverty groups are fighting against the Halifax city council's proposed law to fine and arrest aggressive panhandlers. They argue that this law will criminalize the poor instead of help make...
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June 30, 2005
Prince Edward Island's government is resisting a move by the opposition to provide legal aid funding for Workers Compensation claims. The opposition is stating that it is unfair to make Workers...
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June 20, 2005
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has officially launched the ground-breaking test case that will challenge the constitutional right to civil legal aid in British Columbia. The statement of claim...
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May 22, 2005
The ODSP Action Coalition is made up of community clinic caseworkers, agency staff, and community activists who undertake campaigns and activities designed to raise awareness of issues affecting...
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May 11, 2005
BC Income Assistance and Shelter Rates are posted on Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance website, in the form of an easy to read table.
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May 11, 2005
The Canada Pension Plan webpage is well laid out and provides information about Old Age Security and the Canada Pension Plan.
Le site web de la Régime de pensions du Canada a une disposition utile et...
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March 12, 2005
Phoenix Print Shop provides homeless and at risk youth with training and employment in the printing and graphics industry. Many of their graduates are employed in their fields and one of them one a...
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