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A Green New Deal for Nova Scotia Needed Now: Alternative Budgets Lay the Ground
(Thousands $) Fiscal Baseline 2018-19* Alternative Budget 2019-20 Alternative Budget 2020-21 Alternative Budget 2021-22 Revenue $10,525,400 $11,764,152 $12,232,287 $12,947,398 Programme Spending $9,667,900 $12,112,704 $12,537,469 $13,189,940…
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BC Hydro” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace-1024×480.jpg 1024w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace-300×141.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace-768×360.jpg 768w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Mar2019_ShakingThePeace.jpg 1280w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />Shaking the Peace: Fracking-induced earthquakes rattle BC Hydro execs and farmers alike
BC Hydro officials were so alarmed by an earthquake that shook the ground at its sprawling Site C dam construction project in late November, they…
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Budget 2019: A small step on the long road to national pharmacare
For many observers, incremental change has come to define the federal government’s approach to policy change. With the release of this week’s federal budget, it…
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SK Budget 2019: “Thanks for cleaning up the mess we made!”
Yesterday’s Saskatchewan budget didn’t hold many surprises and that was probably to be expected. Scott Moe’s government has yet to face the electorate and has…
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Budget 2019: A win for the women’s movement—but we won’t get there without child care
A meaningful feminist agenda demands bold action and sustained funding to achieve significant change in the lives of women and girls. Budget 2019 targets many…
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Fast Facts: Austerity is bad for your health
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 23, 2019 as Three thousand patients in a bind. On March 2, a news release issued by…
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Budget 2019 fiddles while climate crisis looms
Climate action under the current federal government has followed a now-familiar pattern: identify the need for real change, commit to taking ambitious action, and then propose modest…
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Province of BC / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_mar2019_BCsFirstEver.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_mar2019_BCsFirstEver-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_mar2019_BCsFirstEver-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />BC’s first-ever poverty reduction strategy: An important step forward, but does it go far enough?
After ten years of community calls for action, BC has at long last joined the ranks of provinces with a comprehensive poverty reduction plan. BC’s…
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Aim high, spend low: Federal budget 2019
Despite a “surprise” boost in government revenue due to the strong economy, there aren’t many big ticket items compared to previous Liberal budgets. There are…
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