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Proposed changes to Nova Scotia’s Financial Measures Act would erode trust
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Democracy is built on trust and trust is built on openness.
Time to address the cost of poverty in the Atlantic provinces
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We are far less likely to recognize households living in poverty as a public health issue, societal crisis or economic problem that we should solve collectively.
Saskatchewan budget: Could be worse, but is it enough?
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The Saskatchewan government appears to have no appetite to enact and defend the types of cuts it made in 2017. Maybe those tropes are dead? Or maybe the pandemic is making the obvious impossible to completely ignore.
Investments in the care economy a missed opportunity in Nova Scotia budget
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The pandemic has exposed the disastrous result of government cuts to vital investments, especially in health care and long-term care. Does the latest budget undo the damage?
Ontario pandemic school funding: a board-by-board, school-by-school analysis
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What’s the true story about what’s happening at Ontario’s schools during the pandemic? Ricardo Tranjan examines funding across the province, school board by school board.
Ontario budget: Tax hikes are the only sustainable option
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Don’t expect any big surprises in the March 24th Ontario budget. The top-line numbers in the document are already well known, more or less, and so is the government that will deliver it.
Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
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Who could have predicted that a pandemic would be so unpredictable?
Responses to the crisis in women’s employment: Do they measure up?
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Governments need to step up to address both the immediate economic needs the pandemic has created and the longer-term, equitable recovery this crisis requires.
Ten things to know about the 2021 Alberta budget
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Here are 10 things worth knowing about the latest Alberta budget, its major changes to spending and taxation, and its projected deficit of $18.2 billion.
Are you with us now? Questions for the new Nova Scotia Premier
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As we remain in a state of emergency going on a year, here are our questions for the new premier of Nova Scotia.
Province has fiscal room to stop the suffering and serve the public interest
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Austerity during a time of economic crisis is more damaging than previously thought, still, Manitoba continues apace with its privatization agenda.
Queen’s Park is still holding back funds that could save lives
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You might think that means the provincial government is pulling out all the stops to save lives, but you’d be wrong.
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