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November 7th, 2022 Premier Tim Houston Office of the Premier 7th Floor, One Government Place 1700 Granville Street P.O. Box 726 Halifax, NS B3J 2T3 RE: OPEN LETTER -GOVERNMENT CLAIM OF “NO CONTROL” WHILE POVERTY WORSENS A RECKLESS APPROACH Dear Premier Houston, Last week in the provincial legislature the Premier said “Inflation is certainly putting a lot of pressure on families. There’s no question about that. On this side of the House, we know, and we have a fear – we try to control what we can, but some things we can’t control.” This was echoed by the Minister of Community [...]

PRESS RELEASE (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - DOCTORS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS, TEACHERS AND LAWYERS JOIN TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT TO ERADICATE POVERTY.  K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) On October 17th, 2022 (the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty) the Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-Being launched its new campaign called Poverty is a Political Choice. The campaign calls on professionals to stand united in order to eradicate poverty by demanding that government implement all of the policy recommendations from the CCPA_NS Child and Family Report Card. The campaign which features digital billboards across Nova Scotia and a campaign webpage aims to raise the public discourse on the [...]

MEDIA ADVISORY - Campaign Launch - Poverty is a Political Choice K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) On October 17th, 2022 (the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty) the Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-Being will launch its new campaign Poverty is a Political Choice, which aims to build momentum towards the eradication of poverty.  The launch of the campaign will feature health and social service providers, first voice participants and policy researchers who will demonstrate that poverty has been legislated into existence through chosen policy approaches to social welfare followed by a refusal to fix social programs we know are inadequate [...]

For Immediate Release. September 6th, 2022 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS)- Today the Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Wellbeing (NSACCW) and the Climate Emergency Unit (CEU) is condemning Premier Houston’s Letter to Federal Environment Minister Guilbeault. “Using energy poverty as an excuse for climate justice inaction is beyond words. The Premier and his Atlantic counterparts are responsible for the presence and festering of energy poverty in the region,” states Alec Stratford Executive Director and Registrar with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers and Chair of NSACCW. “It is the provinces who hold the policy levers to end energy poverty, to [...]

January 31st, 2021 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) -The recent application by Nova Scotia Power, a for-profit corporation, to increase rates by 10% and add a solar fee, is an affront to reasonable and needed climate change policy. The statement released by Nova Scotia Power attempts to justify this rate increase by citing carbon emission reductions and coal-phase-out. Nova Scotia Power expects to earn $213 million in 2024 from its rate of return based on this application. Meanwhile, there are over 100,000 Nova Scotians who live below the poverty line in inefficient housing that will carry the burden of this rate increase. As [...]

August 26th, 2021 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS)- Today the  Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Wellbeing (NSACCW) is refreshing its campaign calling on Nova Scotians to sign an open letter to our new Premier asking him to include housing in his plans to “fix” health care. The digital campaign HousingisHealth.ca states that If the new Premier wishes to achieve his mandate of “fixing” health care in Nova Scotia, then housing must be a part of his strategy.  The open letter already signed by hundreds of organizations and Nova Scotians calls on the new Premier to accept that housing is a human right, that housing is health and [...]

For All Struggling in Low Income Throughout the Pandemic TORONTO – Campaign 2000 calls on all federal leaders to take a stand in support of all low income people in Canada who have faced economic hardship before and during the pandemic by supporting a broad repayment amnesty for those who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) but were later deemed ineligible. “The federal government’s roll out of individual emergency income supports in March must be applauded,” says Leila Sarangi, National Coordinator for Campaign 2000. “This move no doubt was a lifeline for thousands of people living on low income. Now [...]