{"id":54612,"date":"2025-01-02T21:47:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/01\/02\/income-assistance-in-n-s-pegged-to-consumer-price-index\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:47:49","slug":"income-assistance-in-n-s-pegged-to-consumer-price-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/01\/02\/income-assistance-in-n-s-pegged-to-consumer-price-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Income assistance in N.S. pegged to consumer price index"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Ash Avery\u2019s comments are in reaction to the new system that begins this year, in which rates will be raised annually based on the consumer price index.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">The province says income assistance rates are to rise this year by 3.1 per cent, after they were increased by 2.5 per cent in July.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Avery, head of Feed Nova Scotia, says the province is dealing with a cost of living crisis and many Nova Scotians are struggling to afford food and housing.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Feed Nova Scotia is providing food to more than 23,000 people in need every month.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel9730431828485949991679987892092928\" class=\"more-topic\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Recommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" data-carousel-slide-list=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" the=\"\" restaurants=\"\" in=\"\" two=\"\" provinces=\"\" barely=\"\" breaking=\"\" even=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Half the restaurants in two provinces barely breaking even<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" changing=\"\" tastes=\"\" are=\"\" shaping=\"\" canada=\"\" grocery=\"\" stores=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1224-mg-grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=IC_Nogeklk7XGsLuiyB_9A&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1224-mg-grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=J3gbb70UGsKpMBZweRK3gQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1224-mg-grocery.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=2Wss_LNit0meiLCTx7Ib9g 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1224-mg-grocery.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=Y9djOABzwh2AJXYEvE4bwA 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">How changing tastes are shaping Canada\u2019s grocery stores<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" cruel=\"\" seas=\"\" and=\"\" even=\"\" crueler=\"\" economics=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img 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John was a good friend of Katlin \" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/fp1010-gs-symonds.png?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=SxOvrqnCHQ48_pMHmrPIeA\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/fp1010-gs-symonds.png?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=VPShPLL8U-EphJ8wgIN59g&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/fp1010-gs-symonds.png?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=SxOvrqnCHQ48_pMHmrPIeA, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/fp1010-gs-symonds.png?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=SWu9OjYnhsxcEhqI9oWLug 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/fp1010-gs-symonds.png?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=QFE9IoLW49Y0Mstomk7r1A 3x\" a=\"\" ally=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" february=\"\" fisherman=\"\" fishing=\"\" height=\"96\" in=\"\" kat=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" more=\"\" nickerson=\"\" nova=\"\" off=\"\" sank=\"\" scotia=\"\" shore=\"\" south=\"\" than=\"\" vessel=\"\" whose=\"\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Fishing&#8217;s cruel seas and even crueler economics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<p data-async=\"\">Scott Armstrong, Minister of Opportunities and Social Development, says the new system offers people reliable support to afford necessities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>Income assistance in N.S. pegged to consumer price index<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-01-02 21:47:49<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article content Ash Avery\u2019s comments are in reaction to the new system that begins this year, in which rates will be raised annually based on the consumer price index. 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