Human Resources committee  Did you say “tax policies”?

Human Resources committee  You might be surprised to learn that the Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative Inc. very much believes in a living wage, and that business has to share the responsibility. However, things like a reduction in the GST or a reduction in our tax rate here in New Brunswick weren

Human Resources committee  Why not put back that 1% in GST and focus it specifically on social development? Why not? We've got to invest this money. It costs money to do this, to make this change. We can't do it without it. We can't expect departments to turn themselves inside out and change, because they

Human Resources committee  Yes. It just struck me. I don't know if you've heard from the Canadian Council on Social Development yet. They've been advocating for a long time that social funds coming from the federal government need to be protected through social transfer activism, because money is flowing i

Human Resources committee  I think it's a will of leadership. It's not just political will. A lot of communities are looking at how Saint John's business leadership came to the table. It's not normal for business leaders to be focused on this particular issue. But it does take leadership within every sec

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. Both Wendy and I are from Saint John, New Brunswick. We wanted to give you a joint presentation representing our community, as opposed to giving one from a specific organization. First of all, congratulations for examining this most important national issu