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A Penny For Your Thoughts
How corporatization devalues teaching, research, and public service in Canada’s universities Simmering conflicts in higher education have reached the boiling point across Canada and around…
A New Economy Needs Child Care
Download 498.17 KB10 pages This publication examines the Nova Scotia government’s investment in the early years, and finds that it is shamefully inadequate. The report…
Nova Scotia’s Economic Tunnel Vision Threatens our Future
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—Nova Scotia suffers from tunnel vision on the economic problems and solutions facing the province. The Canadian Centre…
Fast Facts: The Inequality Budget
Finance Minister Joe Oliver had a chance Tuesday to prove the Harper government’s economic prowess. The budget he delivered, however, failed miserably to do that.…
Need to Rebalance the Nova Scotia Tax System for the Greater Good
HALIFAX— If Nova Scotia hopes to move forward, the current tax system must change. Cuts to corporate taxes and income taxes for the highest earners…
Nova Scotia Budget Watch 2015
Budget Primers In the lead-up to the release of the Nova Scotia provincial budget, the CCPA-NS has published a series of ‘budget watch’ primers to…
Difficult Decisions: Whose Pain? Whose Gain?
Nova Scotia Budget Watch 2015 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX—The Nova Scotia government is set to release the provincial budget on April…
Private businesses: stacking up money, not investing
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Hennessy’s Index: February 2015
The Appeal of Middle Class Economics Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place…
Study calls for independent inquiry into Lac-Mégantic disaster
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Investigations to date into the Lac-Mégantic disaster—the most comprehensive of which is the August 2014 Transportation Safety Board…
Lac-Mégantic
Questions sans réponse Download 707.97 KB 56 pages Selon cette étude, les enquêtes sur la catastrophe de Lac-Mégantic – la plus complète étant le rapport…
Lac-Mégantic
Loose Ends and Unanswered Questions Download 1.52 MB52 pages According to this study, investigations to date into the Lac-Mégantic disaster—the most comprehensive of which is…
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