Advocates concerned about N.B. government clawing back food and fuel benefit overpayments
Social Development spokesperson Rebecca Howland sent Global News a statement on Thursday confirming the error.“The Department estimates that duplicate cheques will amount to just 1% of total expenditures under the second round of the Emergency Food and Fuel benefit program.”Common Front for Social Justice co-chair Robert Mackay is concerned for those who may not be able to pay the money back.
“ had better deal person to person on this so that nobody on the first of March gets a direct deposit or a cheque in the mail from Social Development that’s $225 less than they expected,” he said in an interview.Between Canada Pension Plan payments and the benefits he receives from Social Development, he “squeaks by” on a little less than $1,000 a month.
“I’ve had times over the years when I’ve been on social assistance. It’s been hell. And it is hell for a lot of people out there. Nobody chooses this,” he said.
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