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Will Canada’s Federal Budget meet the COVID-19 Challenge?
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A year ago, COVID-19 crashed the world economy. How and where the federal government invests now will determine if we “Build Back Better” or allow rampant inequality to persist.
NS Auditor General’s P3 Report: More Questions than Answers
By Chris Parsons and Christine SaulnierNova Scotia’s Auditor General Michael Pickup calls the government’s decision to use a P3 model (public-private partnership) for the $2…
Caregiving Beyond the Crisis
I am a child care advocate. And in this COVID-19 pandemic, I am torn. On the one hand, this public health emergency demonstrates what advocates…
No-one is happy with the property tax: Principles and taxes in Nova Scotia
“No one is happy with the property tax. It is expensive to administer. The property tax is regressive – it puts a heavier burden on…
Three decades lost: not even a 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989
It has been 30 years since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. It…
The chasm between working for a living, and living to work, in the Maritimes
That 55-cent increase to the minimum wage on April 1st undoubtedly felt like an April fools’ joke to some of the province’s lowest paid workers. Nova…
A Green New Deal for Nova Scotia Needed Now: Alternative Budgets Lay the Ground
(Thousands $) Fiscal Baseline 2018-19* Alternative Budget 2019-20 Alternative Budget 2020-21 Alternative Budget 2021-22 Revenue $10,525,400 $11,764,152 $12,232,287 $12,947,398 Programme Spending $9,667,900 $12,112,704 $12,537,469 $13,189,940…
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018
A Budget For the People Download 656.44 KB30 pages The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018 is a blueprint of a budget for the people. The report…
Model Sites for Rural Midwifery in Nova Scotia: Built to Fail?
On Monday morning, there is a rally planned to try and save the South Shore Community Midwives, one of Nova Scotia’s rural midwifery programs. The…
Time for a new social contract to eradicate child and family poverty in Nova Scotia
The annual child and family poverty report card, published in partnership with Campaign 2000, is a reminder of how broken our social contract is, and…
Claims that gas price regulation costs consumers don’t stand up to scrutiny
Has gas price regulation in Atlantic Canada cost consumers $205 million in higher gas prices since provincial governments began regulating gas prices? This is the…
From the ground up: Building a successful Early Learning and Child Care System in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia government has announced that it will introduce a new free pre-primary program for children turning four by the end of December 2017.…
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