Creating the future we all deserve

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This report lays out what is required for a transformative social policy agenda in Nova Scotia. Income inequality results in political, economic and social instability, along with the lost potential of large swaths of people. This social policy framework demonstrates how best to tackle inequality and strengthen the social bond, which is essential to address the climate crisis and our future well-being.

About the authors

Tammy Findlay

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.