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Christine Saulnier
Christine Saulnier is the Director, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia Office.
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Fast Facts: What kind of Economic Development Strategy requires a new convention centre?
The province’s NDP government has determined that its support of a new trade and convention centre in Halifax is in the best interest of all…
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The Cost of Poverty in Nova Scotia
Download 759.83 KB34 pages The Nova Scotia Government’s 2009 Poverty Reduction Strategy sets out dual goals of reducing poverty and creating opportunities for prosperity. Inherent…
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Over-taxed or under-serviced, both or neither? Let’s get beyond the rhetoric in Atlantic Canada
The media report that the Canadian Taxpayers Foundation (CTF) wants to open up shop in Atlantic Canada. Is this a good thing for our region?…
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Minimum Wage: Staying the course right decision
The Minimum Wage Review Committee, with representatives from labour and business organizations at the table, is an example of how public policy should be made…
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Stay the Course, Raise the Minimum Wage
CCPA-NS’ Response to the Minimum Wage Review Committee’s Report Download 134.37 KB
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Poverty-reduction plan smart economics
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will have food for a lifetime.”…
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Invisible women, concrete barriers
Refugee women in Nova Scotia Imagine that your child has a broken arm and you have to wait two weeks to seek medical treatment. Imagine…
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Repaying debt might not be best use of offshore money
As announced on Sunday, July 11, Nova Scotians are finally going to benefit from the good fortune of having fossil fuels not far from our…
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Why are we revisiting P3s in Nova Scotia?
Perhaps the only thing that is clear from the newest attempt to enter into more P3 partnerships in this province is that public policy decisions…
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Payday Loans: A Financial Product with Broader Implications for Vulnerable Consumers
Submission to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board Hearing Regarding Payday Loans Download 129.71 KB9 pages
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