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“Too high” or “too low”? Assessing Nova Scotia’s modest minimum wage hike
On April 1st, Nova Scotia’s minimum hourly wage increased from $12.55 to $12.95. Is it now “too high” or “too low”?
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Investments in the care economy a missed opportunity in Nova Scotia budget
The pandemic has exposed the disastrous result of government cuts to vital investments, especially in health care and long-term care. Does the latest budget undo the damage?
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Are you with us now? Questions for the new Nova Scotia Premier
As we remain in a state of emergency going on a year, here are our questions for the new premier of Nova Scotia.
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Will Canada’s Federal Budget meet the COVID-19 Challenge?
A year ago, COVID-19 crashed the world economy. How and where the federal government invests now will determine if we “Build Back Better” or allow rampant inequality to persist.
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NS Auditor General’s P3 Report: More Questions than Answers
By Chris Parsons and Christine SaulnierNova Scotia’s Auditor General Michael Pickup calls the government’s decision to use a P3 model (public-private partnership) for the $2…
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Caregiving Beyond the Crisis
I am a child care advocate. And in this COVID-19 pandemic, I am torn. On the one hand, this public health emergency demonstrates what advocates…
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Urgent action needed on income inequality in Nova Scotia: New report raises alarm, provides practical tool to tackle it
Halifax—In partnership with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today that lays…
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No-one is happy with the property tax: Principles and taxes in Nova Scotia
“No one is happy with the property tax. It is expensive to administer. The property tax is regressive – it puts a heavier burden on…
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Three decades lost: not even a 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989
It has been 30 years since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. It…
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The chasm between working for a living, and living to work, in the Maritimes
That 55-cent increase to the minimum wage on April 1st undoubtedly felt like an April fools’ joke to some of the province’s lowest paid workers. Nova…
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A Green New Deal for Nova Scotia Needed Now: Alternative Budgets Lay the Ground
(Thousands $) Fiscal Baseline 2018-19* Alternative Budget 2019-20 Alternative Budget 2020-21 Alternative Budget 2021-22 Revenue $10,525,400 $11,764,152 $12,232,287 $12,947,398 Programme Spending $9,667,900 $12,112,704 $12,537,469 $13,189,940…
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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018
A Budget For the People Download 656.44 KB30 pages The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018 is a blueprint of a budget for the people. The report…
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