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Working toward an economically & socially just Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia office of the CCPA opened its doors in 1999. We raise debate and propose progressive economic & social policy alternatives that will get us closer to achieving a more economically and socially just—as well as environmentally sustainable—province and Atlantic region.
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The Fiscal and Economic Implications of Tax Reform in New Brunswick
Download 605.09 KB30 pages This report reviews the Liberal government’s 2009 New Brunswick income tax reform. On the personal income tax side, the main change…
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New Brunswick Tax Reform – ineffective, regressive and unsustainable
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT The government’s tax reform package is based on the belief that income tax cuts have the power to…
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Convention Centre in Nova Scotia
Economic Wellspring or Bottomless Pit? Download 958.81 KB34 pages Over the past several months, there has been a divisive public debate over a proposal to…
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The Halifax Convention Centre – a bottomless money pit?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX, NS – The proposed new convention centre has the potential to be a bottomless money pit, cautions…
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The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2010
1989–2008 Download 816.28 KB27 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the…
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14,000 children in Nova Scotia still living in poverty is 14,000 too many
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS –Twenty-one years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by the year 2000.…
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Fast Facts: What kind of Economic Development Strategy requires a new convention centre?
The province’s NDP government has determined that its support of a new trade and convention centre in Halifax is in the best interest of all…
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The Cost of Poverty in Nova Scotia
Download 759.83 KB34 pages The Nova Scotia Government’s 2009 Poverty Reduction Strategy sets out dual goals of reducing poverty and creating opportunities for prosperity. Inherent…
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Poverty costs Nova Scotia over $1 billion a year
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–The total economic cost of poverty in Nova Scotia is at least $1.5 to $2.2 billion dollars per year, accounting…
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Energy Cost Politics and the Environment in Nova Scotia
Reflections on the Government’s Backtrack on Mercury Emissions Download 334.83 KB 15 pages On July 22nd, 2010, the Government of Nova Scotia announced that it…
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Nova Scotia must change energy cost politics
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, Nova Scotia – It is time for Nova Scotia to focus on real energy affordability instead of…
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The Importance of the CCPA in Nova Scotia
In the policy milieu of the Maritimes, the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is showing itself to be a crucial…
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