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Nova Scotia Budget Doesn’t Meet Current Challenges
Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS is concerned that even more people will be left behind because of holes in our safety…
Priorities that should be reflected in the Nova Scotia 2022-23 budget
Nova Scotians deserve a government that learns the lessons of the past to build a better tomorrow
Shrouded in Secrecy
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Settler Work: Equity and safety gaps in Canada’s public transit systems
Exploring the structural, organizational and systemic barriers to equitable public transit service, using the Thunder Bay system as a case study.
Commuting by the numbers
How we commute was changing even before the pandemic began. If public transit is going to replace single passenger cars for the daily drive, understanding these shifts is critical.
What’s driving inflation and how Ottawa can push back
Prepared remarks to the House of Commons finance committee’s study on inflation
Fast Facts: Low spending in Manitoba results in surplus during COVID-19 era
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 25, 2022 Recent projections of Manitoba’s finances find the province could be in a budgetary surplus by…
Submission to the Special Committee to Review the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Download 424.74 KB23 pages British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy system is in trouble. Through changes made by judicial decisions and by…
Does the Liberal-NDP pact signal a new Pearsonian phase?
What the new agreement gets right—and where there’s room to go bolder
Consumer protection over profit: Will Nova Scotia’s payday loan regulators get it right this time?
It is past time for our governments to design regulations that actually protect vulnerable borrowers from usurious lenders.
Fast Facts: Education Property Tax Cuts in Manitoba – Examining Bill 71
For decades, education in Manitoba has been funded by a mix of general provincial revenues and property taxes set by local school boards. In April…
WTO compromise on TRIPS waiver is a disgrace
After 18 months of haggling, a leaked counter-proposal covering only vaccines has global health advocates fuming
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