Employment and labour
Canadians are looking to their federal and provincial governments to protect them from the repercussions of the global financial credit crunch. Among the necessary measures our legislatures should take—perhaps even the most effective—would be a determined joint effort to reduce Canada’s scandalously high rate of poverty.
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will have food for a lifetime.”
So goes the saying that has been used to describe the problems with charity (“ handouts”) and to illustrate why there is a need for a “hand up” instead.
It is interesting that our governments increasingly rely on charities to help people who are in hardship and need additional support: food banks and soup kitchens for food, emergency shelters for housing, other family members to help with eldercare, neighbours to help with child care, etc.
HALIFAX – La productivité des travailleurs néo-écossais a augmentée de manière importante dans les dernières décennies, contribuant à un fort développement économique, mais la majorité d’entre eux ne récolte pas les fruits de leur labeur selon un rapport publié aujourd’hui par le Centre Canadien de Politiques Alternatives (CCPA – NS).
HALIFAX – Nova Scotians are working harder and smarter but the majority have been denied the fruits of the economic growth they’ve helped create, says a new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS).
Hard Working Province: Is It Enough? by Mathieu Dufour and Larry Haiven reveals Nova Scotia’s economy grew by 62 per cent in the past 20 years and workers’ productivity improved but their paycheques are shrinking.
HALIFAX, October 28, 2008-Two specialists in industrial relations insist that compulsory arbitration is not a good substitute for the right to use strikes as a last resort if collective bargaining fails, despite what government says.