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Life is more than Math: Don’t narrow our public education curriculum
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Halifax Convention Centre Myth-Busting
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Nova Scotia Nurses are Pulling the Red Cord
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A Budget that Builds a Nova Scotian Economy for the People
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Nova Scotia: We Have Everything We Need to Succeed
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Government should not intervene in health care labour dispute
Halifax—When the Nova Scotia legislature reconvenes on Friday the government will introduce legislation to deal with the home support workers’ strike that is set to…
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Consider this an Outcry about Special Needs Income Assistance in Nova Scotia
The government’s response to our recent report on special needs income assistance allowances requires a response on two counts in particular. First, the Minister of Community Services says: “the…
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Build a Better Nova Scotia: the Alternative Provincial Budget shows the way
The Nova Scotia provincial government is set to introduce its promised balanced budget this year. The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget, released today, proposes some concrete choices…
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Atlantic Canada’s story of inequality
Statistics Canada released new data yesterday on high income trends in Canada with nary a mention of the Atlantic Provinces. From a Canadian comparative perspective, the data…
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The CETA and Nova Scotia: Oversold benefits, Untold Costs
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Medicare’s 50th Anniversary Sets Important Context for N.S. Legislative Review
July 1 of this year marks the 50th anniversary of Medicare in Canada. On June 29, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Health and Wellness released for public input proposed new…
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Stuffing Solar City where the sun don’t shine?
The Halifax Regional Municipality’s Solar City project has been widely heralded as visionary and pioneering, an inspiration not only to other municipalities in Nova Scotia,…
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