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Small budget misses big picture
OTTAWA – The minority Conservative government has let Canadians down with a budget short on the vision and leadership needed to address…
Alternative Budget challenges Feds: Stop cutting taxes, start solving problems
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – The Stephen Harper government needs to give up its tax cut addiction and invest in…
BC Budget 2008: A good start tackling global warming, but who are we leaving behind?
In an era where taxes have been demonized, BC’s green 2008 budget is newsworthy for its introduction of a new tax on…
How big is Taylor’s heart?
Share that $4.1 billion surplus with poor kids BC Finance Minister Carole Taylor is approaching her political moment of truth with the…
June 2007: The Economic Costs of Poverty
Ending child poverty has economic as well as moral benefits The main arguments raised for reducing the appallingly high rate of childhood…
Does the 2007 Federal Budget Address Inequality and Poverty?
Alternative Federal Budget response to the Federal Budget Download 106.66 KB6 pages
It’s time to raise BC’s minimum wage above the poverty line
What does it mean to be a minimum wage earner in British Columbia? It means making $8 per hour—or as little as…
Set minimum wages above poverty line: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – Not a single province in Canada pays a minimum wage that lifts working Canadians out…
Bringing Minimum Wages Above the Poverty Line
Attachments Bringing Minimum Wages Above the Poverty Line SUMMARY: Bringing Minimum Wages Above the Poverty Line
Bogus budgets
Carole Taylor has the cash to solve BC’s pressing needs — but will she admit it? BC’s provincial budget has become more…
Making the minimum wage a living wage in Nova Scotia
After years of pressure from anti-poverty advocates it seems that politicians and the media across the country have taken a renewed interest…
10 ways we can improve the lives of low-income British Columbians
This is the season when we find ourselves particularly conscious of poverty and homelessness, but this year more so than usual. British…