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Forward to Fairness: Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2012
CCPA-NS brings together academics and community partners to assemble its Alternative Budget for 2012. This document shows Nova Scotians that minor changes in government spending could have a...
March 22, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Nova Scotian workers need improved standards
“Workers in Nova Scotia are worse off economically than they were a quarter century ago.  For the most part, this deterioration in wages happened at the same time that the economy of the...
March 12, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Nova Scotia doubles number of temporary foreign workers in past five years
The number of migrant labourers working in Nova Scotia has doubled over the past five years.  While such rapid increases benefit the Canadian economy, they pose difficult questions for...
March 6, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
New Brunswick needs to change direction
A new study from UNB-SJ economist Roderick Hill and CCPA-NS researcher Jason Edwards outlines why New Brunswick should move toward a more progressive tax structure.  The report, titled ...
February 22, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Education is a public good
Hundreds of students across the province came together on February 1st for the Canadian Federation of Students' Day of Action to protest Nova Scotia’s continuing erosion of funding...
February 2, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Did you know poverty costs PEI $315 million per year?
The direct cost of poverty for the PEI government is an estimated 100 million dollars per year — 7.6% of the 2009/10 PEI government budget.  ...
January 26, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Hard at work on our 2012 Alternative Provincial Budget
CCPA-NS, along with our partners, is currently working on the 11th annual Alternative Provincial Budget.  This flagship document demystifies the budgeting process, making...
January 24, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
4th Annual CCPA-NS Fundraiser with Laura Penny is a success
Our 4th Annual Fundraiser was held on October 6th, 2011 at the Italian Cultural Centre in Halifax. We want to thank everyone who bought tickets and our table sponsors for their generous...
January 12, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office
Did you know poverty costs New Brunswick $2 billion per year?
The direct cost of poverty for the NB government is an estimated $500 million per year--6.5% of the 2009/10 provincial budget.  Health care spending alone amounts to $196 million per...
September 27, 2011 | Nova Scotia Office
Study: Nova Scotia must change energy cost politics
Halifax, Nova Scotia – It is time for Nova Scotia to focus on real energy affordability instead of the dubious and opportunistic politics of energy price increases.  In a new report...
October 11, 2010 | Nova Scotia Office

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