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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget calls for a new balance
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS – The 11th Nova Scotia Alternative Budget entitled “Finding a New Balance: Building Capacity for Nova…
Harper budget fumbles on job crisis
OTTAWA – The Harper government’s budget fails to measure up to its own job creation promises, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), a…
Federal budget task: Fix Canada’s job crisis
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Canada faces its worst job crisis in a generation and the federal government needs to step…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2010, Volume 13, Number 1 Download 1.71 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Managing BC’s Forests for a Cooler Planet: Carbon Storage, Sustainable Jobs and…
EI system failing recession “stress test”—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada’s Employment Insurance system is failing the “stress test” of the recession and fixing it must be a…
Federal environment spending dwarfed by rising defence budget
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A new report shows that Canada’s rising National Defence spending is $21.185 billion in 2009-2010, making Canada’s rank…
Deal could surrender Canadian procurement, while leaving Buy American laws in place: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Ongoing negotiations between Ottawa and Washington over Buy American laws may give away provincial and municipal procurement sovereignty,…
Economy still not recovering: Study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Canada’s economy is still mired in recession and a long way from recovery, despite months of…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2009, Volume 12, Number 3 Download 2.52 MB8 pages Inside this issue: BC and the HST Should We be Afraid of the Government Debt?…
Déjà vu: Ontario’s recession and the 1930s
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – One year after the Crash of October 2008, Ontario’s recession is looking eerily like the Great…
Fact Sheets on Women’s Poverty
Women’s Poverty and the Recession This series of fact sheets is based on the report Women’s Poverty and the Recession by Monica Townson (September 2009), and…
Les Priorités dans le ‘budget alternatif’
Éliminer les frais de scolarité au collégial, offrir une couverture universelle pour les soins à la petite enfance, réduire la pauvreté, pendant que l’on favorise…
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