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Nova Scotia makes poor showing on child poverty – report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Child poverty in Nova Scotia has increased for the fourth year running and now stands at 20.7 percent, according to a report…
Reductions in employment standards and enforcement amount to wilful neglect of province’s most vulnerable workers, says labour economist
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver) Numbers obtained from the BC Ministry of Labour show that sweeping changes to the employment standards system have dramatically undermined the province’s ability to…
Provincial government risks recruitment and turnover problems if it ignores wage trends in next round of public sector bargaining
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver–As the BC government enters into collective bargaining with over 80% of the province’s public sector workers, it will have to consider that wages in…
Poor in Saskatchewan need more than T.E.A.
Province’s Building Independence Program forces the poor into “low wage” trap READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. REGINA–Monday, October 17th has been declared International Day for the Eradication of Poverty by…
Survey of young workers should prompt rethink of child and youth employment standards
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study that surveyed public school students raises concerns that BC’s employment regulations are leaving children and youth without adequate protections…
More action, increased investments by province needed to fight pine beetle
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) The BC government should spend a minimum of $118 million more per year for the next five years on research, reforestation and restoration efforts…
Nova Scotia’s energy strategy out of date: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (HALIFAX) Nova Scotia needs to revise its energy strategy, according to a report released today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-NS). “Securing…
Take tobacco out of the hands of business corporations—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Ottawa) – Because the public health goal of reducing tobacco use directly conflicts with the tobacco industry’s profit motive, the way to overcome…
Nova Scotians subsidizing minimum wage employers: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has not had a real minimum wage increase in more than 20 years, according to a report release today by…
Revised federal budget is affordable and should be passed: economists
While not perfect, revised budget is “substantial improvement” over previous budgets READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – The revised federal budget is affordable and should be passed in the…
Liberals refuse to confront the real cause of Ontario’s fiscal problems
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—“It’s not often that a government facing fiscal problems leads into its budget by declaring proudly that it intends to ignore the fundamental cause of…
New CCPA report makes the case against more corporate tax cuts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Despite outraged business and media reaction to the NDP’s demand for rescinding a new round of corporate tax cuts in return for supporting…
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