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Alternative Provincial Budget for Nova Scotia – balancing priorities
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released its ‘alternative budget’ today. The NS Alternative Budget Working Group, which is…
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Fast Facts: The Councils of Women vs. the municipal corporate utility
Last fall there was growing concern about a proposal to convert the City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department into a stand-alone municipal utility and…
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What should our government be spending money on?
One question that is missing from the public debate on deficits and debt is whether we’re getting the best bang for the stimulus buck. Even…
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Putting our government debt in perspective (now with graphs)
It turns out that our province is in a good fiscal position to engage in deficit-financing at this time. BC’s debt-to GDP ratio has been…
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Should we be afraid of the government debt?
Governments around the world are running large deficits in order to prop up their economies and dampen the hit of the global recession. For almost…
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Inflation-obsessed central bank could impede Canada’s recovery: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada is not up to the challenges brought on by the world financial crisis, says…
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Canadian women on their own are poorest of the poor
Only 9% of all Canadians were considered poor in 2007. It was the lowest rate of low income in 30 years. But that was before…
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Labour Notes – Equal Rights in the Workplace
Why We Need Anti-Scab Legislation in Manitoba Download 293.66 KB4 pages
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Teeny Budget factoid
It appears when it comes to the heavy lifting of cutting spending in BC, not all public agencies are equal. The February Budget documents stated…
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Boom and Bust
The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan Download 4.56 MB59 pages This report finds that the gap between the richest and poorest families in Saskatchewan has…
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Study shows growing gap between the richest and poorest families: 2003-2006
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina — For the past thirty years, the richest in the province have secured the lion’s share of…
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