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2024 Report card on child and family poverty in Nova Scotia: Swift action is needed for child and family wellbeing
Halifax/Kjipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) just released the 2024 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in…
Gazan’s basic income bill could be a game-changer in fight against poverty in Canada
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Political pragmatism vs. poverty reduction
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 22, 2024
Press Release: Nova Scotia saw alarming increase in poverty and food insecurity—some of the highest in the country
Halifax/Kjipuktuk – Statistics Canada just released the most recent poverty and food insecurity data for 2022 and Nova Scotia’s rates are alarming. Some…
The Cost of Poverty in Manitoba
Health costs $347 million Crime $197 million Opportunity Costs $1.6 billion Intergenerational $324 million Total cost of poverty in Manitoba $2.5 billion Cost per Manitoban $1,952 Poverty cost as a percent…
Families Deserve Action to End Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
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2023 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Families Deserve Action, Not Excuses
Halifax/Kjipuktuk -The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the 2023 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia, which records a…
Healthy public policy requires working within and beyond the health care system
Population health metrics are about more than just health care—they’re about the society we live in.
“Allowances” trap institutionalized Canadians in deep poverty
It’s time for governments to address policy that forces disabled people in residential institutions to live in misery
AFB 2024: Income and poverty
Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on income and poverty
The Missing Piece in Health and Education
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2023 Although recent media coverage of our healthcare and education problems here in…