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Standards for Workers in Nova Scotia Not Up to Par
HALIFAX – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today showing that standards for Nova Scotia’s non-unionized workers are well behind the standards...
March 1, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
An additional quarter billion dollars could go a long way in New Brunswick
(Halifax/Moncton)—The authors of a new report estimate that the New Brunswick government could increase its annual revenue by more than $260 million per year, if it chooses to make progressive...
February 20, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Un quart de milliard de dollars de plus donnerait un bon coup de pouce à l'économie du Nouveau-Brunswick
(Halifax / Moncton) Les auteurs d'un nouveau rapport estiment que la province du Nouveau-Brunswick pourrait voir ses revenus annuels augmenter de plus 260 millions de dollars par année si...
February 20, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
The time to act on poverty reduction in PEI is now
(Halifax/Charlottetown)—According to economist, Angella MacEwen, the co-author of a new report released today, "Prince Edward Island cannot afford to allow people to live in poverty any longer....
December 7, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
Reduction in Child Poverty Stalled in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, NS – Twenty-two years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by the year 2000. However, as Lesley Frank, author of a report released today by the...
November 23, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
Poverty costs New Brunswickers $2 billion dollars per year
(Halifax/Moncton) A new study released today, entitled Cost of Poverty in New Brunswick, co-authored by economist Angella MacEwen and Christine Saulnier, reveals that: ➢ Poverty costs the...
September 27, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
Nova Scotians paying more than their fair share for post-secondary education – Report
Halifax – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today which shows that Nova Scotia students and their families are paying almost three times...
May 11, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
What would you do with $84 million?
Halifax – For 10 years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Nova Scotia has published alternative budgets that challenge Nova Scotians to...
March 29, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
Poverty costs PEI over $240 million a year
It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in Prince Edward Island is at minimum between $240 and $320 million per year, which corresponds to about $1,720 and $2,265 per person, per year....
January 26, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
New Brunswick Tax Reform – ineffective, regressive and unsustainable
The government’s tax reform package is based on the belief that income tax cuts have the power to provide a strong stimulus to the provincial economy, and thus are considered self-financing. “Not...
January 18, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office

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