[news] Report on New Brunswick Social Assistance Benefits

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A report on the state of social assistance in New Brunswick shows that "[a] single employable person simply cannot afford housing, as the average rent for a bachelor or one-room apartment in any New Brunswick city far exceeds the monthly assistance." "The report also reminds that working full-time at the New Brunswick minimum wage will still not get a person above the poverty line. For those on social assistance, the situation is much more grim."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/1/24/19210/9760