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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2009
Responding to the Crisis, Building for the Future Download 1.05 MB39 pages
Fast Facts: The Councils of Women vs. the municipal corporate utility
Last fall there was growing concern about a proposal to convert the City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department into a stand-alone municipal utility and…
Inflation-obsessed central bank could impede Canada’s recovery: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada is not up to the challenges brought on by the world financial crisis, says…
Canadian women on their own are poorest of the poor
Only 9% of all Canadians were considered poor in 2007. It was the lowest rate of low income in 30 years. But that was before…
Labour Notes – Equal Rights in the Workplace
Why We Need Anti-Scab Legislation in Manitoba Download 293.66 KB4 pages
Boom and Bust
The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan Download 4.56 MB59 pages This report finds that the gap between the richest and poorest families in Saskatchewan has…
Study shows growing gap between the richest and poorest families: 2003-2006
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina — For the past thirty years, the richest in the province have secured the lion’s share of…
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…
Women’s Poverty and the Recession
Download 662.41 KB54 pages This report by researcher Monica Townson draws attention to Canada’s shockingly high rates of women’s poverty and offers a strong critique…
Afghanistan and the New Great Energy Game
Planned pipeline route keeps U.S., NATO in poor, remote land Why is Afghanistan so important? A glance at a map and a little knowledge of…
Canada’s Shredded Social Saftey Net
Our employment insurance system far below OECD average Between October 2008 and May 2009, 363,000 Canadians were thrown out of work – and the OECD…
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