More than 5,000 households are on the waiting list for subsidized
housing in New Brunswick. In Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton, 500
people are currently homeless.
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With national unity under stress, premiers back a budget fix to help oil-rich provinces | CBC News
Beyond the stabilization fix, the premiers have also agreed to ask Ottawa to bolster the country’s economic competitiveness by “improving” Bill C-69, the Liberal government’s controversial overhaul of the environmental assessment act. The premiers want Ottawa to exempt some projects that fall under provincial jurisdiction — most importantly in-situ oilsands projects in Alberta — from a mandatory federal review.
The federal Liberal government has said it would consider exempting new oilsands developments if Kenney maintains a cap on emissions from the sector.
The premiers said Canada must continue to develop its natural resources in a “responsible manner and ensure access to markets for Canada’s products” — a thinly-veiled reference to pipeline projects that will carry Canada’s oil and gas to markets abroad.
Ontario hunger report says 1 in 10 Ontarians can’t afford a basic standard of living | CBC News
Feed Ontario’s annual hunger report — which captures food bank
usage in the province, analyzes trends and provides
recommendations — revealed that 510,438 individuals visited food banks
across the province, more than 3,059,000 times over the past year — an
increase of 8,848 more people.
usage in the province, analyzes trends and provides
recommendations — revealed that 510,438 individuals visited food banks
across the province, more than 3,059,000 times over the past year — an
increase of 8,848 more people.
And over the past three years, those with employment income who access food banks have increased by 27 per cent.
The
organization says it may seem “counterintuitive” given that
unemployment rates in Ontario are at their lowest point in the past 10
years, but precarious and temporary jobs and low wages are resulting in
struggling families.
Province failing most vulnerable after legal aid ‘gutted,’ lawyer says | CBC News
In April, the province slashed LAO’s budget by $133 million.
Then in
October, the Ottawa office responded by cutting a courtroom service
that permitted duty counsel — a lawyer provided by legal aid — to stand
in when an accused person’s actual defence lawyer couldn’t be in court.
45 per cent of Hamilton renters living in unaffordable housing, new report says | CBC News
Reports released by the Social Planning and Research Council of
Hamilton show that 45 per cent of renters are living in unaffordable
housing and using a disproportionate amount of their income just for
shelter.
Hamilton show that 45 per cent of renters are living in unaffordable
housing and using a disproportionate amount of their income just for
shelter.
The Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton
(SPRC) is publishing documents over the next few weeks on the rental
housing crisis in Hamilton, where prices keep rising and residents can’t
keep up.
The non-profit has released its first four bulletins as part of a 15-part series.
The reports show quickly rising rental prices that demand a greater
percentage of people’s incomes and how evictions for reasons other than
non-payment further the problem.