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Children and Families Living in Poverty in Nova Scotia
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Reduction in Child Poverty Stalled in Nova Scotia
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS – Twenty-two years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by the year 2000.…
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The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2011
1989-2009 Download 696.25 KB11 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the…
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Challenging capitalism: a 12-step program
Over a year ago, I posted “What are the Game Changers?“, an attempt at sparking some strategic thinking for the broader left. Now that we’ve…
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A Progressive Alternative to the Harper Agenda
The Harper government is set to cut spending on public services and social programs in the name of deficit reduction, but implemented mainly to increase…
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Fast Facts: “Housing” that will lead to a need for more social housing
After years of complaining that Canada is the only G-8 country without a National Housing Strategy, housing advocates are finally getting their way. The federal…
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The Mowat Centre and Employment Insurance
The Mowat Centre final report on Employment Insurance (EI) released today has won a fair bit of media attention, and will serve to deepen the national debate…
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Growing support for cities to adopt living wage
New developments since my recent post calling on municipalities to lead the way on adopting living wage policies: First, over just over 100 candidates have…
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An Inconvenient Occupation
A friend recently said she supported the Occupy movement but felt their activities were inconveniencing others. I thought of this while watching police clearing Occupy…
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