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Three decades lost: not even a 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989
by CCPA-NS on January 23, 2020 It has been 30 years since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. It is also almost 30 years since Canada...Familiarity Breeds Resistance: Harris-era parents know there’s nothing innovative about Ontario’s education cuts
by Erika Shaker on January 8, 2020 I came of age as an activist and researcher when Mike Harris blustered his way into power in the 90s. His education minister, John Snobelen, famously a high school dropout, was...The 2020s will be the decade of the Green New Deal
by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on January 6, 2020 The idea of a Green New Deal—a radical and comprehensive transformation of the economy to cut greenhouse gas emissions while tackling inequality—has been gaining steam over the...What will we do with this decade?
by Anthony Morgan on January 2, 2020 “Papa, you had a whole decade and this is all you did with it?” Reflecting on the start of the second decade of this millennium, I shudder with heart-sinking shame at the...Taking a hammer to Steeltown: Ontario government cancels funding for Hamilton’s LRT project
by Ryan McGreal on December 20, 2019 With virtually no prior warning, the Ontario government announced on Monday, December 16—five days ago—that they had cancelled the Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, a...
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