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Wanda Thomas Bernard
Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard is professor emerita, Dalhousie University.
Tory cuts ensure “basic needs” hard to meet for Ontario’s most vulnerable
Study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–Eight years after the Harris-Eves government cuts to Ontario’s welfare system, Ontario’s poorest are finding it nearly impossible to meet basic needs such as…
Manitoba’s Public Services
Recovering, But Still Fragile READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Winnipeg – The state of Manitoba’s public services has improved slightly since they were gutted in the mid-1990s. But the recovery…
School’s out!
Ontario government continues to shortchange Rozanski, public schools READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–The December 2002 release of the Rozanski Report seemed to promise significant change in the Province’s approach…
Tuition fee increases further limit access to higher education
Report OTTAWA–Nova Scotia’s record in post-secondary education has dropped that province to last place in Missing Pieces: An alternative guide to Canadian post-secondary education. In the fourth year of the…
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
Consumers aren’t getting balanced information about new prescription drugs, says CCPA CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major…
Stop putting debt reduction, tax cuts over equality
Alternative Provincial Budget CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Manitoba’s NDP government has not reversed the neglect of the poorest, most vulnerable Manitobans that was begun under the Filmon…
Tory policies need reality check, while public services need reality cheque
Ontario Alternative Budget READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–The Eves budget, released March 27, 2003 is a profound failure, delivering funding that falls far short of what is required for…
Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget rejects income tax cut–invests in improved services and tax reform
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: According to the Nova Scotia Alternative Provincial Budget, prepared by the by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS),…
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