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How to destroy a good poverty line
More than a decade ago, the federal and provincial governments started work on a new poverty line – the Market Basket Measure…
Raising the OAS Eligibility Age Would Raise Poverty in Old Age
Table 1: OAS/GIS Contributions to the Income of Seniors (2006) OAS OAS / GIS / Allowance Age 66…
The Shortcomings of Philanthropy
Philanthropy no substitute for a truly just society When U.S. investment guru Warren Buffett donated $31 billion to the foundation headed by…
Fast Facts: The Harper ‘apology’: Residential schools and Bill C-10
We learn fairly early in life that when you apologize for something that you have done wrong, it is expected that your…
Fast Facts: Connecting the Dots
The OECD Report on Poverty and Winnipeg’s Inner City There has been much progress in addressing the issues facing Winnipeg’s inner city…
The time to act on poverty reduction in PEI is now
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Halifax/Charlottetown)—According to economist, Angella MacEwen, the co-author of a new report released today, “Prince Edward…
Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island (2011)
Download 625.04 KB13 pages This report estimates that the direct cost of poverty for the PEI government is just under 100 million…
Children and Families Living in Poverty in Nova Scotia
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Reduction in Child Poverty Stalled in Nova Scotia
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS – Twenty-two years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by…
The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2011
1989-2009 Download 696.25 KB11 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track…
Electricity conservation efforts should include high prices for large consumers, protection for low-income households
If BC is going to meet its climate action targets, the province needs to shift away from natural gas and rely instead…
Are the Top 1% Just Lucky?
I expect some folks who oppose the Occupy movement will weigh in on merit – that the top 1% are deserving of…