{"id":62840,"date":"2026-03-05T19:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=62840"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:35:26","slug":"easter-seals-n-s-issues-statement-over-provincial-budget-funding-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=62840","title":{"rendered":"Easter Seals N.S. issues statement over provincial budget funding cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> The following is a statement from Easter Seals Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Easter Seals Nova Scotia was recently notified of a 12.45% cut to our core funding, representing more than $100,000.00, and directly affecting our New Leaf program which provides front line services for people living with disabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This vibrant program, founded in 1957 within our Easter Seats Nova Scotia family, provides people with choice in skills training, youth employment support, recreational opportunities and holistic therapies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We provide these services daily to over 80 people living with both intellectual and\/or physical disabilities in our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The services provided by New Leaf align with the spirit, intent and opportunities which are at the core of The Remedy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This decrease in funding during a time of re\u00ad organization and re-calibration of our services to meet the goats of The Remedy wilt be impacted.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to continue providing the life-changing and compassionate services and supports we have been delivering for decades in our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joanne Bernard, President and CEO Easter Seats Nova Scotia<br>Angela Rafuse, Chair, Board of Directors, ESNS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: The following is a statement from Easter Seals Nova Scotia. &#8220;Easter Seals Nova Scotia was recently notified of a 12.45% cut to our core funding, representing more than $100,000.00, and directly affecting our New Leaf program which provides front line services for people living with disabilities. &#8220;This vibrant program, founded in 1957 within our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[1284,5429,8319,48,6263,2517],"class_list":["post-62840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-budget","tag-easter-seals-nova-scotia","tag-joanne-bernard","tag-n-s","tag-n-s-budget","tag-premier-tim-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}