HALIFAX –The Nova Scotia NDP has written to Premier Tim Houston demanding an update on his commitment to look at the Survivors of Gender-based Violence Benefit and why some Nova Scotians are falling through the cracks.
NSNDP MLA Susan Leblanc’s office recently assisted a second woman who was wrongly denied the benefit. This came weeks after Leblanc first raised the issue in the Legislature in March after a constituent was turned down without a valid reason.
The Survivors of Gender-based Violence Benefit provides monthly benefits to individuals and families fleeing gender-based violence to help them pay rent.
In both cases, Leblanc’s office was able to help the women access the benefit, but only after months of waiting.
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