Get ready, it begins

I start "officially" working on the Friends of Transition Houses project this week, out of the PSAC office. But we all know starting something like this will be lots of days, nights, weekends, getting those interested people and parties together to educate, inform and make some noise.

I can't imagine trying to run my household off of my 1996 income, essentially that is what most transition houses in Nova Scotia have been doing. Relying heavily on donations to make through the fiscal year. But this is a social service, a community service and the government should be coughing up for these.

In today's economy there is added stress at home. People are losing jobs, perhaps worrying that they are next. The cost of living has increased and it is becoming more and more difficult to make ends meet. This almost always will translate into conflict at home, arguments over money and spending habits and in some cases this will be the last straw that breaks the camels back and abuse could be a result.

How is NOT supporting transition houses an option now? How can our provincial government propose a freeze on spending and list transition houses as a service that is frozen, when they are already struggling to get by?

Oh yes I'm looking forward to working on this campaign. To getting those together who wish to fight this fight, and to opening the eyes of those decision makers to get them to get rid of the deficits that some of these houses are running and increase funding to this important service!