http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/13904/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/forget-greedy-help-needy/34030 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Protesters want dignity for Nova Scotia&#039;s welfare recipients and working poor </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8407_r.jpg" alt="" title="This year&#039;s International Day for the Elimination of Poverty drew close to a hundred people to the streets of Halifax. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8422_r.jpg" alt="" title="Deborah Key of the Brunswick Street Tenants Association talked about how the crowd was hit hard by North End gentrification. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8417_r.jpg" alt="" title="Among the demonstrators was long-time poverty activist and policy analyst Stella Lord of the Community Society to End Poverty (CSEP). Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p class="western">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash; People took to streets on Saturday in recognition of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations-sponsored annual event that in Halifax has been observed for many years now.&lt;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/forget-greedy-help-needy/34030" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/forget-greedy-help-needy/34030#comments Robert Devet Logement Pauvreté Benefit Reform Action Group Brunswick Street Tenants Association Community Advocates Network ESIA gentrification Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:51:48 +0000 Robert DeVet 34030 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/think-poverty-when-you-vote-group-says/33995 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8338_r.jpg" alt="" title="“All the parties are cozying up to the middle class and ignoring people living in poverty,” said Ann Duffy, a long-time poverty activist who lives at the Mulgrave Park public housing complex. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8346_r.jpg" alt="" title="“People get discouraged. Not one of the three leading parties has said a lot about poverty. All they ever did was dance around it a bit,” said Wayne MacNaughton. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash; People living in poverty are being ignored by politicians of every stripe.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/think-poverty-when-you-vote-group-says/33995" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/think-poverty-when-you-vote-group-says/33995#comments Robert Devet Governance Santé Logement Pauvreté Community Advocates Network ESIA poverty Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:13:52 +0000 Robert DeVet 33995 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/new-rules-special-diet-allowances-are-hurting/32041 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> This is how to fix it </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/kendall_1.jpg" alt="" title="Regular contributor Kendall Worth took the fight to restore his special diet allowance all the way to the NS Supreme Court. Here are his suggestions on how to fix the system. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(K&#39;JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX &ndash; Many Nova Scotians on income assistance have <a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/report-criticizes-changes-income-assistance-rules/18298" rel="nofollow">lost their special diet allowances</a></p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Fichiers attachés à cette publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/img_0001.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=824666" title="img_0001.pdf">Letter from doctors at the North End Community Health Centre about the changes in the special diet allowance rules.</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/new-rules-special-diet-allowances-are-hurting/32041" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/new-rules-special-diet-allowances-are-hurting/32041#comments Kendall Worth Santé Pauvreté Community Advocates Network department of community services ESIA Kendall Worth special diet Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:31:07 +0000 Robert DeVet 32041 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca