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Ten NS Fiscal Facts
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2014 Backgrounder The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Nova Scotia office has released a 10-point fact sheet to help Nova Scotians better…
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2014
A Budget for the 99% Download 3.99 MB132 pages The 2014 Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget provides a blueprint and lays out more than 99 ways that…
Infographics: Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2014
Another new government and another opportunity to consider what the next four years and beyond will bring for Nova Scotians. It is critical for Nova Scotians…
Nova Scotia: We Have Everything We Need to Succeed
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Government should not intervene in health care labour dispute
Halifax—When the Nova Scotia legislature reconvenes on Friday the government will introduce legislation to deal with the home support workers’ strike that is set to…
Infographic: Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2013
Our infographic, based on the Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2013, takes a revealing look at child and family poverty across Nova Scotia. (Click the image…
Policy Points: Cornerstone Compromised
A critical analysis of changes to Special Needs Assistance in Nova Scotia This 4-page factsheet offers a short summary of the report, Cornerstone Compromised: A Critical Analysis of…
Build a Better Nova Scotia: the Alternative Provincial Budget shows the way
The Nova Scotia provincial government is set to introduce its promised balanced budget this year. The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget, released today, proposes some concrete choices…
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2013
Strengthening Connections, Connecting Communities Download 2.99 MB116 pages The 2013 Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget invests in good jobs, strong communities, and participatory economics. It…
Policy Points: An alternative to property taxes
Municipalities (villages, towns, and even big cities) across Canada have major financial problems – their tax base is (1) inadequate for their responsibilities or for…
Atlantic Canada’s story of inequality
Statistics Canada released new data yesterday on high income trends in Canada with nary a mention of the Atlantic Provinces. From a Canadian comparative perspective, the data…
Policy Points: Public Disservice
The impact of federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canada This 4-page factsheet offers a short summary of the report, Public Disservice: the impact of federal government…
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