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The widespread relief programs in the early days of the pandemic showed that it is indeed possible to quickly and dramatically reduce child poverty.

Kids Can’t Wait Download 653.73 KB53 pages The 2022 report provides child and family poverty rates for Nova Scotia, based on 2020 data. Nova Scotia’s child poverty…

Kids Can’t Wait Attachments Graphic A-CCPA 2022 Child Poverty-DRAFT v3.pdf Graphic B-CCPA 2022 Child Poverty-DRAFT v3.pdf Graphic C-CCPA 2022 Child Poverty-DRAFT v3.pdf Read the news…

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX/KJIPUKTUK – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) released the 2022 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty…

Submission to the Standing Committee on Community Services by Christine Saulnier, Ph.D., Director, CCPA-NS Dealing with cost increases is possible if your income is rising…

Halifax/Kjipuktuk— “I am pleased that the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee recommends moving to $15 by October of this year instead of April next…

2022 was a struggle for Nova Scotians, in many ways. The government can act to alleviate it.

Nova Scotia’s Minimum Wage, Workers Deserve a Real Raise Supporting Rural, Low-Income Mothers in Nova Scotia: Pandemic Lessons, No One Benefits from a Two-Tiered University Professoriate The Nova Scotia…

One of the critical causes of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing is government’s lack of commitment to protecting and advancing housing as a…

Recommendations for Advances to Nova Scotia’s Labour Standards Code

Public Private Partnerships and Nova Scotia Highways read the news release here.
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