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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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Coût de la pauvreté au Nouveau-Brunswick
Download 438.85 KB13 pages L’obligation morale de mettre fin à la pauvreté a toujours existé, d’abord et avant tout, pour les personnes qui vivent dans…
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Nova Scotians paying more than their fair share for post-secondary education: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released a new report today which shows that…
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Fairness, Funding and Our Collective Future
A way forward for post-secondary education in Nova Scotia Download 593.57 KB 38 pages
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Response to the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee Report
Download 188.14 KB3 pages The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee’s report is a very valuable resource document for understanding the situation of the most…
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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2011
Striking a healthy balance Additional Documents: Alternative Provincial Budget 2011.pdf APB 2011 Budget in Brief.pdf CCPA_NS_Fast_Facts_APB__What_would_you_do_with_84_million.pdf CCPA NS Fast Facts APB Lets Make Poverty Reduction…
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What would you do with $84 million?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax – For 10 years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Nova Scotia has published alternative budgets that challenge…
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Fast Facts: What else could we do with $84 million?
One of the NS NDP’s election promises was to institute an 8% energy tax rebate. In an interview in the initial weeks of the new…
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Fast Facts: Let’s Make Poverty Reduction a Priority
In Nova Scotia, 75,000 people—including children, people with disabilities, seniors, parents, and single people— live in circumstances that compromise their health because they are deprived…
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Fast Facts: Facts, Principles, and Priorities in Government Budgets
Nova Scotians are again invited to help the provincial government “return to balance”, i.e., reduce the province’s deficit and debt. We are reminded that “if…
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Fast Facts: Curbing public largesse to corporations in times of economic restraint
Finance Minister Graham Steele is asking Nova Scotians to pull in their belts to help the government overcome the deficit and pay down the debt.…
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Poverty costs PEI over $240 million a year
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. CHARLOTTETOWN/HALIFAX–It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in Prince Edward Island is at minimum between $240 and $320…
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Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island
Download 360.76 KB7 pages It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in PEI is at minimum between $240 and $320 million per year,…
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