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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 historic single-year increase…
Caps and compromises collide at COP28
The following is a re-print of the December 2023 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
Parliament is back in session. What’s on the agenda?
Members of Parliament are returning to the legislature today, amidst historically low polling numbers for the ruling Liberals and mounting support for the opposition Conservatives.
Social Housing should be a priority in Manitoba
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 29, 2024
CCPA-NS Provincial Budget Submission
Nova Scotia’s financial situation continues to improve, which means the province has the financial capacity to act on pressing issues.
What would a second Trump presidency mean for Canada-US relations?
Donald Trump’s unsurprising win in the New Hampshire primary all but assures a reprise presidential election battle with Joe Biden this November. Can Trump win?…
Women workers bear pandemic burden as hotel industry prospers
VANCOUVER – While BC’s accommodations and food services sector received over a billion dollars in government COVID-19 subsidies, women workers—predominantly racialized and immigrants—either lost their employment…
A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery
“So, in March, during 2020, March 2020, on the 15th of March our schedule changed. And they told us that we don’t have any schedule…
Bleeding the patient: tracking five years of Ontario revenue reductions
With Ontario’s 2024 pre-budget consultations well under way, it’s time to think hard about public services in this province—and how we fund them.
Striking Saskatchewan teachers are fighting for students, too
For the first time in more than a decade and for only the fourth time since 1973, people in Saskatchewan are facing interruptions to schooling due…
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