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2024 Report card on child and family poverty in Nova Scotia: Swift action is needed for child and family wellbeing
Halifax/Kjipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) just released the 2024 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Swift…
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Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social work in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report, Contradictions in care: Labour conditions, conflicting values, and crisis in child protection social…
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Challenging Nova Scotia’s Climate Change Plan to Do Better
Challenging Nova Scotia’s Climate Change Plan to Do Better analyzes Nova Scotia’s approach to climate action as set out in the province’s 2022 Climate Change Plan,…
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2024 Living Wages for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
As part of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) continuing work to support living wages, its Nova Scotia office has released its annual living wage update…
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Building Inclusive Communities: A Policy Agenda for Nova Scotia Municipalities that Leaves No One Behind
As municipal elections approach in October 2024, Building Inclusive Communities: A Policy Agenda for Nova Scotia Municipalities that Leaves No One Behind lays out ways to turn the…
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Atlantic Canadians need a raise: One-third of Workers Earn Less than $20 an hour
Workers in the Atlantic provinces bring home some of the lowest wages in the country. Despite recent increases, Nova Scotia’s minimum wage remains the second…
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Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia
Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia is the third community report released by the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes Partnership.…
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Cooking, cleaning, and caring
At three months [once her work permit had been secured], I convinced myself that I was an adolescent, even if I was 50 years old,…
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Living Wages in Nova Scotia 2023 update
Working for a living, not living to work Download 1.22 MB 37 pages Nova Scotia’s living wages are calculated annually to reflect changing living expenses. Nova…
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Canadian Living Wage Framework
The National Living Wage Framework includes a consistent living wage definition, calculation methodology and strategy for recognizing corporate and community leadership who commit to pass a living wage policy. …
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