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Nova Scotians made to wait for the trickle-down that will never come
by Christine Saulnier on February 25, 2020 The big-ticket item in the Nova Scotia budget is the two percent corporate tax cut (from 16%) at $70.5 million, plus a decrease in the small business tax (from 3% to 2.5%) at a...Ten things to know about income support for low-income households in Alberta
by Nick Falvo on February 21, 2020 On February 27, Jason Kenney’s UCP government will table its second budget. With that in mind, here are 10 things to know about income support for low-income households in Alberta...Question for the Premier: Why not do what parents want?
by Randy Robinson on February 20, 2020 When Ontario teachers and education workers walk off the job Feb. 21, they’ll hit the bricks with a lot of public support. Since contract talks began, Minister Stephen Lecce and...What’s next for the new NAFTA? And what, if anything, can Canadians do about it now?
by Scott Sinclair on February 19, 2020 Implementing legislation for the new Canada–U.S.–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is now before the House of Commons. While the U.S. and Mexico have already ratified the deal, our...Inconvenience and indifference
by Stuart Trew on February 18, 2020 Photo by Sally T. Buck (Flickr Creative Commons) Indifference, said Antonio Gramsci, is “the mainspring of history.” By that he meant it is not the active few who determine what...
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