A budget for the many
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.
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There are solutions to end the housing crisis and make life more affordable for the majority of people, what’s needed is action.

With its new budget, the Nova Scotia Government wants you to think it is making historic investments, for “unlocking our potential.” It has declared, for…

There is a lot the provincial government can do to alleviate the layers of insecurity being felt by so many. It can choose to ensure…

Nova Scotia’s financial situation continues to improve, which means the province has the financial capacity to act on pressing issues.

This budget could have been so much more than it is. Let’s break down how.

Leave No One Behind Download 532.07 KB45 pages The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget is a collaborative Budget, involving stakeholders from many sectors of our province,…

Download 459.08 KB23 pages The purpose of this report is to underline the cost to the provincial governments of not addressing the needs of the…

Poverty Costs in Nova Scotia Poverty Costs in New Brunswick

Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS), along with partners in each Atlantic province, released The Cost of Poverty in the Atlantic Provinces.…

A Budget For the People Download 656.44 KB30 pages The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2018 is a blueprint of a budget for the people. The report…

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—With the looming federal government deadline for provinces to institute their own carbon pricing scheme or have it…
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