MONCTON - Under the lighting of candles, 70 citizens met
during the evening of April 17th, in front of Assumption Place in
Moncton to say NO to the 2012-13 budget presented by the Alward
government.
Contrary to what our government pretends, that
budget does not rebuild New Brunswick together. Tens of thousands
of people are excluded because there are no improvements for them. Nothing is
projected to increase the income of poor parents so they can feed their kids
better. There is no help for single parent families. Worse even, compared to
last year, the NB government reduced by 7.5 million dollars the money estimated
to cover social assistance checks.
The gathering, where prominent people spoke, where
groups sang, where poor people made testimonies concluded with a dialogue
between a leader and the crowd. People present became more aware that poverty
kills.
