[news] Exemptions to Economic Unit Policy Prove Widespread Discrimination Against the Poor

[Resist!ca]

Fredericton, June 1, 2005 "The Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization says that the proposed exemptions to the province's Economic Unit Policy that were leaked yesterday to the press only prove the widespread discrimination which prevents the poorest of the poor from living together to share their meagre resources. Dan Weston, Coordinator of the Anti-Poverty Organization said the three or four exemptions planned by the Lord government are just a 'drop in the bucket' and are solid proof of the widespread discrimination against welfare recipients that exists in government's Economic Unit Policy. He called the move to exempt only certain groups sleazy' and 'an example of politics determining human rights, not human rights determining politics.'"

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/6/1/114036/3199