Leave No One Behind
The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget is a collaborative Budget, involving stakeholders from many sectors of our province, including front-line service organizations, other non-profit organizations, and academics with diverse expertise. It includes a set of fiscal policy measures in a workable budget that considers the province’s fiscal, social, environmental, and economic realities. It is framed to ensure that the choices do not just benefit the few, but are in the best interest of the public and the many.
The 2023 Nova Scotia Alternative Budget’s top priorities are, Dealing with the Healthcare Crisis, Addressing Social and Economic Inequalities, Transformational Climate Investment, Investing in the Next Generation.
About the authors
James Sawler
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.
