Social Development Minister

• Federal child dental benefit has seen 35,000 applications in first week: minister

  The new benefit is aimed at kids under the age of 12 from low- and middle-income families who do not have private insurance, getting up to $650 per child per year if eligible.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2022
  
• New Brunswick government holds off on committing to Rising Tide affordable housing initiative

  Social development minister says the government is doing its due diligence as it considers funding an affordable housing project in Moncton.

  Lifestyle

  Nov 3, 2020
  
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• Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park faces long remediation before returning to public use

  "This has happened four times in the past and we really aren't looking for a fifth tent city," said Minister of Social Development Shane Simpson.

  May 31, 2020
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• New Brunswick nursing home workers face continued uncertainty amid flurry of court activity

  The most recent ruling ensures that there will be no strike action from the more than 4,100 nursing home workers in the province until at least Thursday.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2019
• ‘We can just hope and pray’: Families caught in crosshairs of N.B. nursing home workers dispute

  Members of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes and CUPE were back at the bargaining table Monday, but there is still no deal in place.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2019
• Union says temporary court order delaying nursing home workers’ strike a ‘major, major mistake’

  The order will stop the approximately 4,100 nursing home workers at 45 of the province's 46 nursing homes from heading to the picket lines for 10 days.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2019
• Liberals unveil plan to tackle poverty, critics say more money needed

  The federal Liberals have unveiled their long-promised anti-poverty law.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2018
• Feds, provinces set to sign child care deal that will compel provinces to expand services

  Provinces won't be able to use federal child-care funding to subsidize their own programs under the terms of a national framework set to be unveiled in the coming days.

  Politics

  Jun 8, 2017
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• Think twice about seniors’ price index: docs urge Trudeau government

  The Trudeau government should tread carefully on a Liberal promise to find a new way of making sure elderly benefits keep pace with rising costs, newly released documents suggest.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2017
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• CPP changes won’t leave out women: Jean-Yves Duclos

  Jean-Yves Duclos says new parents, particularly women, won't lose out on increased CPP benefits if they leave the workforce to care for young children.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2016