As part of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) continuing work to support living wages, its Nova Scotia office has released its annual living wage update for Nova Scotia that, for the first time, also provides the 2024 living wage rates for Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. This broad regional assessment highlights the rising costs of living, and offers recommendations for supporting low-waged workers across the region.
Living wage rates across Atlantic Canada vary, given the regional cost of living differences. There are 11 regional living wages.
This report endeavours to diagnose what is going on for workers in low-income households in Atlantic Canada, what is happening with their real costs of living, and offers a suite of suggestions about what employers and governments should be doing differently.
About the authors
Christine Saulnier
Christine Saulnier (she/her) is Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia. She has a doctorate in Political Science from York University. She leads the living wage calculations for communities across Atlantic Canada and serves as a co-author of the annual child and family poverty report cards for Nova Scotia. She has written extensively, and given commentary on a range of other public policy issues including fiscal policy, labour markets, and child care policy. She serves on the Steering Committee of Child Care Now Nova Scotia, and Campaign 2000 (national coalition to end child and family poverty). She served on the Board of the NS Health Coalition and Adsum for 10 years.
