[Co-Chair Gerry Pond, Social Development Minister Kelly Lamrock, and Co-Chair Leo-Paul Pinet----photo by Dave Briggs]
The final forums on how to adopt a poverty reduction plan for this province is going to be in Saint John starting on Thursday.
Representatives from the province, municipalities, business sectors and community non-profit organizations will be gathering to discuss how to tackle the issue.
Social Development Minister Kelly Lamrock says social assistance needs to be reformatted to help lift people out of poverty, and changes need to be made to minimum wage.
The meetings take place on the 12th and 13th to discuss what needs to be included in the poverty reduction plan, with details of the plan to be announced at the end of the week.
