HALIFAX: Low income households are still vulnerable to increased energy costs according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). "Our winters of discontent: Addressing the problem of rising home heating costs”, examines the Nova Scotia government's “Keep the Heat” program, and the proposal to remove the HST from home heating fuel. The...
Issue(s): Energy policy, Inequality and poverty
March 20, 2006
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