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Global financial crisis/recovery: What does it mean for Saskatchewan?
These remarks were delivered to the Saskatchewan CED and Co-operatives Conference, April 8, 2011, Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon. This is a somewhat…
Fast Facts: Literacy, Women and Poverty
The Manitoba Government recently announced increased funding of $700,000 per year for adult literacy programs and Adult Learning Centres, bringing the yearly…
The Middle East Revolution (Part 1)
Uprisings a stunning blow to U.S. control of the Middle East “Fight like an Egyptian!” was the cry echoed by supporters of…
From Charity to Entitlement
Look to history for best way to end persistent poverty I recently heard a caller to a radio talk-show complain about poor…
Fast Facts: Let’s Make Poverty Reduction a Priority
In Nova Scotia, 75,000 people—including children, people with disabilities, seniors, parents, and single people— live in circumstances that compromise their health because…
Why Governments Can Safely Ignore Hunger
Corporate food charity keeps hunger off political agenda Over the past 30 years, Canadians have increasingly been led to believe that community…
Inequality
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish…
Poverty costs PEI over $240 million a year
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. CHARLOTTETOWN/HALIFAX–It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in Prince Edward Island is at minimum between…
Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island
Download 360.76 KB7 pages It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in PEI is at minimum between $240 and $320…
The Latin American Revolution (Part IX)
Argentina was rescued from neoliberalism by Néstor Kirchner At the end of October, Argentina lost its economic saviour who made the country…
14,000 children in Nova Scotia still living in poverty is 14,000 too many
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS –Twenty-one years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by…
The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2010
1989–2008 Download 816.28 KB27 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track…