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2020 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
Willful Neglect? Download 783.53 KB54 pages Canada has now passed the 30-year mark since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to…
2020 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Willful Neglect?
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Fast Facts: Humanitarian and Poverty COVID Crisis Looms
Open Letter to Province of Manitoba Below are the contents of an open letter sent to Premier Pallister and Minister of Families…
People with disabilities last in line
October 30th is the day that people with disabilities will begin to receive a one-time payment of $600 in recognition of…
Fast Facts: One hell of a winter unless province steps up on EIA and housing
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 19, 2020 Can you imagine your grandma deciding that sleeping outside is safer than…
A step toward the Employment Insurance program Canada once had
Proposed changes will help to restore the social security role that used to be an intrinsic part of EI but has been…
Urgent action required to realize promise of the Speech from the Throne
“We must not let the legacy of the pandemic be one of rolling back the clock on women’s participation in the workforce,…
What will the throne speech say about poverty?
Anti-poverty advocates and social policy wonks will be watching today’s throne speech for signs of how the government plans on addressing poverty…
One step forward for low-waged workers in Halifax?
Today the Halifax Regional Municipal Council will consider a staff report that recommends that Council approve the adoption of a Supplier Code of Conduct…
Fast Facts: Manitoba Minimum Wage workers in poverty, face precarious work – new report
A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office finds Manitoba’s $11.65 hourly minimum wage is…
Credit where credit is due: Financial literacy and the new Ontario math curriculum
A new mathematics curriculum guide is set to drop this September in Ontario, the first update since 2005. Not only will students…
Dr. Jim Silver recipient of 2020 IPAC Manitoba LG Award
The Manitoba office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives congratulates Dr. Jim Silver as the recipient of the 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for…