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Natasha Blackwood and Provincial Budget

insurance broker: Budget means more bankrupt families, says N.L. insolvency expert Natasha Blackwood works with the Refugee and Immigrant Advisory Council, according to CBC. Her husband Aaron is an insurance broker. John says the provincial budget is going to force it to make some tough choices. They have two young children. We sacrifice a lot as adults so our children can have good lives." Will cut into food budget Blackwood was paying attention when the province announced its budget Thursday. Nina, 3, is in full time day care and Lucy, 8, is in primary school. "We live really frugally, We don't smoke or drink or shop or party and we still have a very strict budget so we can pay our student loan payments and our daycare bill," said Blackwood. "We're educated people who work full-time," she said. "We don't generally go on vacations but we do put money aside so our kids can go to classes. like dance and swimming and we sacrifice a lot so that they can have those things. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.