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Increasing number of Nova Scotia children living in poverty—findings of the 2020 Report Card just released
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT December 9, 2020 Halifax/Wolfville– In Nova Scotia there are 41,370 children who live in poverty based on the…
2020 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
Willful Neglect? Download 783.53 KB54 pages Canada has now passed the 30-year mark since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to eliminate poverty among…
The Monitor, November/December 2020
Democracy in free fall? Download 9.95 MB Donald Trump makes people sick, himself and his entourage included. Given the U.S. president’s shameful, almost criminally negligent…
Progressive Pricing
Making Childcare More Affordable in Manitoba Download 805.58 KB 36 pages In this paper, we review Manitoba’s childcare funding, the provincial parent fee model, and…
Left behind: Two decades of economic progress for single mothers at risk of being wiped out
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Living Wages in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 2020
Download 551.21 KB 28 pages The living wage was first calculated in Atlantic Canada in 2015 (Halifax). Antigonish was added in 2016 and Saint John,…
Everyone deserves decent wages—2020 living wage rates for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
HALIFAX and SAINT JOHN—In order to earn a living wage, a person working a full-time, full-year job must earn $21.80 in Halifax, $19.55 in Antigonish,…
The Monitor, Sept/Oct 2020
A Just Recovery Download 5.72 MB It has been six months since we shut down the economy to all but essential activities in an effort…
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