Kendall Worth on Community Services: Hey Ho, Minister Joanne Bernard has got to go!
It appears frequent contributor and poverty activist Kendall Worth is not a fan of Minister Joanne Bernard.
Special Needs
Access to high speed internet a basic right, says premier McNeil. What about access to a phone?
If high speed internet access in rural Nova Scotia is a “basic right,” what about access to a phone? Oh wait, no votes there…
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission tells welfare recipients to scurry
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has denied five welfare recipients the opportunity to argue that insufficient funding for special diets amounts to discrimination.
Kendall Worth: My caseworker questioning my doctor is a human rights violation
Kendall explains why he is so upset that a caseworker is allowed to question and override the special diet recommendation of his doctor. “It portrays people like me as sick, defective and deviant, as an object of professional intervention.”
Dare to dream: a Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission that has guts
Pleading for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission to stop being so cautious, and make the right decision. People on welfare who rely on special diets deserve a tribunal!
Kendall Worth: Farewell to Nova Scotia?
Shall I go or shall I stay? Poverty advocate Kendall Worth feels he has to choose between what is perhaps a brighter future in Ontario and the Nova Scotia that he loves, home to his beloved niece and nephew, his family, friends and fellow advocates. We at the Nova Scotia Advocate hope he decides to stay. We need more fighters like him, not fewer.
Cutbacks on transportation supports for people on social assistance are for real
Community Services budget numbers back up what a lot of people on social assistance and poverty advocates have been saying for years. The department is cutting back on bus passes and other travel expenses.
Lives on Welfare. Emma’s story, a tragedy of errors
Meet Emma (not her real name), who is on welfare and lives with chronic pain. Her doctor thinks she should get a chiropractic bed, but Community Services doesn’t believe her doctor. Meanwhile, Emma’s appeal got misfiled, and Emma is still waiting.
Judge tells NS Human Rights Commission to reconsider special needs decision
A group of folks who get special diet allowances and want to take Community Services to a Human Rights tribunal get a little bit of encouragement today. A judge ordered the Human Rights Commission to reconsider its earlier decision to deny their request, so it’s back to the drawing board.
Welfare recipients take NS Human Rights Commission to court
A complaint by a group of welfare recipients who live with disabilities and require special diets is going to court this Thursday. Their special needs allowances have not kept up with ever rising costs, they say, and they want to force the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission to conduct a tribunal.