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The Nova Scotia government must commit to housing as a human right
One of the critical causes of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing is government’s lack of commitment to protecting and advancing housing as a…
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Flush with cash
This is a remarkable story of economic recovery from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown impacts. The next chapter will be written by the provinces as they decide what to do with their unexpected budget surpluses.
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No one benefits from a two-tiered university professoriate
For many Canadians, a professor is a professor. The truth is that the professional and economic conditions of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and contracted instructors are drastically different.
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Supporting rural, low-income mothers in Nova Scotia: Pandemic lessons
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of all Canadians, but it disproportionally affected rural, low-income mothers and their families.
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Nova Scotia’s minimum wage workers deserve a real raise
The cost of living has gone up but the minimum wage hasn’t kept pace.
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CCPA-NS Annual Report 2021
Download 1.34 MB 16 pages In 2021 the CCPA-NS published on a range of important policy issues including child care, labour, housing, poverty, and fiscal…
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Nova Scotia health plan leaves out reproductive health
Having campaigned on a promise to fix Nova Scotia’s health care system, on April 22, 2022, new Premier Tim Houston, released Action for Health: A Strategic Plan for Nova Scotia. Despite its stated objective of establishing an “equitable and respectful health ecosystem”, the plan fails to include a single mention of women, pregnancy, sexual or reproductive health.
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Reflections on public provision and a radical revisioning of responsibility
Governments need to assume responsibility and lead the way
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Priorities that should be reflected in the Nova Scotia 2022-23 budget
Nova Scotians deserve a government that learns the lessons of the past to build a better tomorrow
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Consumer protection over profit: Will Nova Scotia’s payday loan regulators get it right this time?
It is past time for our governments to design regulations that actually protect vulnerable borrowers from usurious lenders.
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Nova Scotia’s homecare system needs more public funding and oversight
The province has a long way to go in improving its homecare infrastructure
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Nova Scotia needs a seniors’ plan that centres conditions of care
We need to build a care economy that recognizes care as a fundamental component of our basic social infrastructure.
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