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Reduced access to home support leaving frail seniors isolated
Health system missing key preventive means to postpone and avoid more costly care READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–Reduced access to publicly-funded home support means frail seniors and people with…
Phony “fiscal imbalance” being used to undermine federalism, says study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns that solving the alleged “fiscal imbalance” runs the risk of becoming a downsizing exercise…
Nova Scotians need relief from under-funding not tax cuts: Alternative NS Budget
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (HALIFAX): Nova Scotians continue to fall behind the rest of Canadians in the level of services they receive according to the Alternative Provincial…
Moving Forward: Alternative Federal Budget puts the surplus to work
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The federal government has the resources to maintain and build on the commitments made in the 2004-05 minority Parliament and use upcoming surpluses to move…
We can’t afford poverty
Complacency is not acceptable, says Ontario Alternative Budget CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO— The Ontario Alternative Budget for 2006 released today by the Alternative Budget Working Group…
Study finds BC’s welfare system denying assistance to people in need, ‘diverting’ many to homelessness and hardship
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A major study released today finds that BC’s welfare system is systematically discouraging, delaying and denying assistance to many of the people…
Low-income households still vulnerable to rising energy costs: report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX: Low income households are still vulnerable to increased energy costs according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)….
Liberals’ patchwork reinvestment strategy leaves public services underfunded, says Ontario Alternative Budget
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO— According to an Ontario Alternative Budget technical paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the McGuinty government’s current fiscal plan would…
Wanted: An honest budget debate
BC Solutions Budget shows money is available to improve lives of women, share benefits of economic growth CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The provincial government has underestimated…
McGuinty government has no one else to blame for public services gap
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ontario’s finances are in substantially better shape than the McGuinty government’s constant cries of poverty would suggest, says a new study from the Ontario Alternative…
Minority governments achieve progress for people, says Alternative Federal Budget
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Today the Alternative Federal Budget released a detailed report card on the achievements of the 2004-05 Minority Parliament and awarded the Martin Minority an overall…
Single parent students have to choose between family needs and attending university
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–Single parents face a monthly shortfall of between $180 and $415 while attending university according to study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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