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From the Missing Election Issues file: poverty reduction
It’s odd to see Stephen Harper continuing to crow about his economic management prowess, even while almost 1.5 million Canadians remain unemployed, nearly one in ten people live in poverty, and according to one recent survey one-third of Canadians can’t afford basic expenses. Yet isn’t dealing with such issues at…
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BC minimum wage increase leaves workers in poverty
After close to three years of no change, the BC minimum wage was overdue for an increase. But the measly raise announced today falls far short of what is necessary. The 20c per hour increase, scheduled to come into effect on Sept 15, 2015, amounts to a raise of just under…
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Fast Facts: Reforming Education in Manitoba
Previously published by CBC online November 21, 2021 Although Bill 64 has been abandoned, the provincial government will soon have another go at reforming K-12 education. What should they do? Poverty is the number one cause of poor educational outcomes for children. Far too many children in Manitoba are growing…
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A generation of broken promises: 1 in 5 of Nova Scotia’s children live in poverty
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—This 25th anniversary of the House of Commons pledge to end child poverty is a shameful one in Nova Scotia, and indeed Canada. Not only have we broken the promise to end child poverty for the children who were living it in 1989,…
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A Canada Without Compassion: A Modest Proposal from the Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute would like to remove compassion from the policy debate about poverty in Canada. Why? Because, according to the author of this report, Christopher Sarlo, compassion is causing us to confuse those who have lower income with those who do not have enough income to sustain life. For Sarlo,…
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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 for between 5% – 7% of Nova Scotia’s GDP in 2008. The portion of the total cost borne by society (the social cost) is at…
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2019 Rosenbluth Lecture Recap: David Green on Basic Income
David Green, Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate with the CCPA-BC, gave the eighth annual Rosenbluth lecture on October 3, 2019. David is heading up the BC government’s panel on basic income. His lecture was followed by three discussants who…
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BC’s relief measures for people on income assistance are welcome but more is needed
On April 2, the BC government announced emergency financial support for some of the most vulnerable British Columbians: an extra $300 per month for people receiving income and disability assistance and some very low income seniors, for three months. This necessary and welcome measure can’t come fast enough. BC is…
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More than 200,000 will be pushed below the poverty line due to taxes owed on CERB
More than 200,000 people will be pushed below the poverty line due to taxes owed on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) unless urgently needed changes are made, according to a new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
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The Cost of Poverty in the Atlantic Provinces
Poverty Costs in Nova Scotia Poverty Costs in New Brunswick
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How much poverty costs in each Atlantic Province is detailed in a new report
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. The report provides the total cost of poverty in the Atlantic provinces, which ranges from $2 billion per year in Nova Scotia to $273 million…
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Where’s the fanfare for tackling poverty effectively? Connecting the dots between three political moments over three months
The following op-ed was originally published in The Georgia Straight. On June 16, I attended the B.C. government’s Disability Summit, the culmination of a three-month public consultation process on disability in B.C. I watched Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Don McRae lead the audience through the event. I…
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