Last winter, I was asked by someone who works for the Federal Government to asked any poor person in the Capital to meet in a secret place.
They would pay each individual 20 bucks each just for showing up.
It was at a very secret location because if New Brunswick Family Services found out the poor were being paid 20 bucks?
They would have invaded the location and cut off the welfare recipient’s check because they didn’t disclose the money to the bureaucrats.
I found around 20 people and they all showed up for the meeting. It was cold outside and it was in the afternoon.
The people in charge of the meeting went around and gave everyone 20 bucks!!!
I said to myself - Boy!!!! That’s a huge mistake because now a few will say - Excuse me? I have to use the washroom and BINGO they will be gone with their money!
The meeting lasted for more than two hours and I was very outspoken at that one. < Surprise? >...lol
These poor people were force to listen to me. My God? They should have been paid much more!!!......lol....
Guess what?
NOT ONE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL LEFT THE MEETING!!!!
You know why??? They wanted someone to listen to their sad stories.
There’s no place in Fredericton where a poor person can share their sad stories.
Take a look at the Common Front for Social Justice over one month ago.
This woman Irma Munn was asked to speak in front of 200 people.
It's everyone who's like me to speak out in front of an audience.
She lasted around five minutes before starting to cry and quickly ran outside the building.
I quickly followed Irma and told her that this was indeed her 15 minutes of fame and she should go back in there and speak proudly to the audience.
She did just that and everyone had tears in their eyes.
Yesterday, I noticed the French CBC crew at the soup kitchen interviewing the poor.
Everyone wanted to tell the media their sad stories but you can just report so much.
The poor in this Province are in desperate need for people they can chat with.
The Government must act on this issue but the question is how?????
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They have put everyone in the same basket and that is not fair. Its not human not to care but we see it everyday. People say get a job but know nothing of the situation and they do not want to know either. You could help the poor by posting their stories on your blog. Let the people know what really is going on in this Province and to me AWARENESS would be a good start.
I think that the true reason is that your blog is more popular than their
paper. Its free and has alot more truth of the everyday happenings then
the paper has. You of course have your own opinion and thats fine because
the blog is yours but we do have the opportunity to voice our own concerns
on current events and thats a good thing. They certainly have shown that
they only cover what they want people to read with you in that inclusion.
Since this trial has been going I have gained alot of respect for CBC also.
I use to watch the news given by Global but now I prefer CBC's news knowing
that everyone news is important to them, even you.
Charles, on Andrew Crystal's talk show recently on Rogers radio, I heard Andrew complaining because he feels stores should be open on Boxing Day, Dec. 26. A caller came on and said "what about you Andrew", is there going to be a live announcer on Rogers on Dec. 26"?? Andrew said "well, gee, no"....the caller said what about the rest of the week, Andrew are you going to be in on Dec. 27, 28, etc. to do a show? Andrew admitted sheepishly that he was going to be off until the New Year.
So the caller said CASE CLOSED. You are off work but you want others to break their butts working all thru Christmas. The caller got him good. I was that caller, Charles. And I just want to say your blog site is going to be the only game in town all over Christmas when all the radio stations close down, so we all hope that you are here for us, because this blog will be the only way we will get the news.
Thank you Charles for your blog site.
Maybe if there were a way to interview people and ask them how their problems could be resolved and then posted on a website. Maybe if somebody who was outside the media and had a popular website then some of these stories could get out to the public. What do you think Charles?:)
THe 'how' to help them is easy. Just go to the Society's website and they have all kinds of policies. Trouble is, politicians don't care, and neither do a good many very vocal people. Statistics Canada estimates that almost 200,000,000,000 , that's two HUNDRED BILLION dollars is hidden in tax shelters in the caribean by corporations and canada's wealthiest. Ireland has announced that tax evaders have one year to foreclose all their income and then the country will start pressing charges on the richest in that country.
So for solutions, there's one for a start.
A very good blog Charles, I would personally hate to be these politian and have to stand before God at the end of the journey and know that they could have done more much more to help the homeless, poor, and low income to become more productive and self-suficiant in society. There so many homeless people in our Community who have the skills to work and earn a living but they are caught up in the cycle of greed in a cast like society.
Especially those who are addicted and are physically disabled. We all have a part to play and a contribution to make for the betterment of Our Community and Society as a whole. It is time that those who have influence give us a hand up instead of a handout.
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