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December 19, 2023

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  • Nova Scotia makes poor showing on child poverty – report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX: Child poverty in Nova Scotia has increased for the fourth year running and now stands at 20.7…

    November 24, 2005
  • The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2005

    1989–2003 Download 507.71 KB20 pages About the authorsPauline RavenLesley Frank

    November 24, 2005
  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Reductions in employment standards and enforcement amount to wilful neglect of province’s most vulnerable workers, says labour economist

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver) Numbers obtained from the BC Ministry of Labour show that sweeping changes to the employment standards system have dramatically…

    November 23, 2005
  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    The GATS and South Africa’s National Health Act

    A Cautionary Tale Download 341.76 KB40 pages This new study shows how South Africa’s flagship health legislation conflicts with binding commitments the former apartheid regime…

    November 23, 2005
  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Eroding Worker Protections

    BC’s New ‘Flexible’ Employment Standards Download 984.85 KB 48 pages About the authorDavid FaireyDavid Fairey is a labour economist, a research associate of the Canadian…

    November 23, 2005
  • CCPA-SK organizes Citizens’ Budget Commission

    The Saskatchewan government appointed a commission to review business taxes in Saskatchewan earlier in the year.  This Business Tax Commission will release its report on…

    November 17, 2005
  • Business Taxes in Saskatchewan

    Taking Stock for Progressive and Effective Reform Download 207.74 KB 20 pages Attachments Saskatchewan Notes: Lowering Taxes Comes at a Cost: What the Business Lobby…

    November 17, 2005
  • The Promise of Investment in Community-Led Renewal — State of the Inner City Report: 2005

    Part II: A View From the Neighbourhoods Download 4.27 MB 39 pages Attachments State of the Inner City 2005: Summary About the authorCCPA-MB

    November 14, 2005
  • The Promise of Investment in Community-Led Renewal — State of the Inner City Report 2005

    Part I: Policy Considerations Download 4.18 MB 44 pages Attachments State of the Inner City 2005: Summary About the authorCCPA-MB

    November 14, 2005
  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Alternative Federal Budget decodes the spin, provides a guide to the Economic and Fiscal Update

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Monday’s Economic and Fiscal Update is animated more by politics than economics. In the present political circumstances the temptation for…

    November 11, 2005
  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Taking the Spin Out of the Economic and Fiscal Update: A Guide to the Numbers

    Alternative Federal Budget 2006: Technical Paper #3 Download 115.45 KB8 pages About the authorEllen Russell

    November 11, 2005
  • FastFacts: The Employment Standards Act

    Improving Conditions for Low-Wage Workers Download 33.76 KB 2 pages About the authorsErrol BlackShauna MacKinnon

    November 10, 2005
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