Wakeham says “While Minister Coady boasted about jobs growing and the inflation rate decreasing, many people know they need two or three of those jobs to make ends meet, and their cost of living is continuing to rise, making it harder and harder for people living cheque to cheque on fixed incomes to make ends meet,”
PC Party Leader Tony Wakeham said the people he is talking to are shocked that there is such a massive disconnect between the positive economic messaging of Finance Minister Siobhan Coady and the reality that most people are facing as they struggle with the ever-increasing cost of living. Wakeham says “While Minister Coady boasted about jobs growing and the inflation rate decreasing, many people know they need two or three of those jobs to make ends meet, and their cost of living is continuing to rise, making it harder and harder for people living cheque to cheque on fixed incomes to make ends meet,” He says “They ought to know that even an inflation rate of 2.3% means things are continually getting more expensive.” Last week, the Public Utilities Board approved Newfoundland Power’s request to raise power rates by 7 percent effective August 1. Wakeham says this is “,leaving cash-strapped people with even less money for food and facing difficult choices of turning off the fan on hot days or suffering in cold homes during winter. People who can’t afford to pay their power bills are facing eviction and homelessness.
Registration is open for the first West Coast Business and Investment Summit
Corner Brook business offering meals for those in need this Tibbs Eve
The Punters released an album last month marking 3 decades of music called, "30 Years On"
RNC offer tips on protecting your property with summer being historically a time of more break and enters
Former city manager being honoured today at "Second Chance Cove" next to the fish plant on Griffin Drive
