Finance committee  An increase in any benefit would be welcome, because as I said, families are vulnerable. Their level of poverty has deepened over the years because of the cost of living and their incomes have not increased accordingly. So if there is a recommendation for an increase in the child

Finance committee  Perhaps so, because the people who are finding themselves unemployed are finding it very difficult to access EI benefits, and the weeks of EI they're given are not long enough for them to either get retrained or to find another job. So that sounds as if it would be something th

Finance committee  We certainly do appreciate what the federal government has done to improve the lives of the families we're seeing. As well, the child tax credit, since that has been sorted out, has made an impact. Regarding the working income tax benefit, the families are finding that while it

Finance committee  Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to present and represent Feed Nova Scotia here this morning. Feed Nova Scotia is a central collection and distribution agency supplying over 150 food banks and meal programs in the province. While our immediate goal is to feed hungry p