Beautification project gives N.S. First Nation income assistance clients work experience – Halifax

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Ottawa
Sipekne'katik First Nation
Jun 10, 2022

A beautification project is offering employment to income assistance clients living on the Sipekne’katik First Nation. “The beautification project is cleaning up our community, it is landscaping, and also assisting elders,” says Courtney Knockwood, the program lead. It employs 16 people ranging in age from 17 to 68, all of whom are income assistance clients.[…]

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Liberals looking at national basic income as way to help Canadians cope with job instability – National

Liberals looking at national basic income as way to help Canadians cope with job instability – National

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Politics
Dec 19, 2018

[ad_1] The Trudeau Liberals haven’t shut the door on a guaranteed-income program in their search for ways to help workers adapt to an unsteady and shifting labour market. In separate interviews, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos appear warmer to the idea than they have before, when they argued the Canada[…]

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