Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia is pleased to release our latest report Working Together For Fairness. The report critically analyzes the current government’s record in five policy areas over the past four years and makes recommendations for progressive next steps.
Inequality and poverty
This report critically analyzes the current Nova Scotia government’s record in five policy areas (health care, jobs and the economy, poverty, occupational health & safety, and Nova Scotia Power) over the past four years and makes recommendations for progressive next steps.
The report was funded by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour based on issues identified as priorities by workers and their families.
For more about this report, please contact our Nova Scotia Office.
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This 4-page factsheet offers a short summary of the report, Cornerstone Compromised: A Critical Analysis of Changes to Special Needs Assistance in Nova Scotia.
On August 8th, 2011, the Nova Scotia government made several changes that affect access to special needs allowances under the income assistance system. In the summer of 2012, the CCPA-NS began an analysis of these changes, interviewing stakeholders and holding a community forum. This report looks at the major themes that emerged in those interviews, and also offers long- and short-term recommendations for the NS income assistance system that will help us to better meet the needs of Nova Scotians living in poverty and support their health and dignity.
Halifax—On August 8th, 2011, the Nova Scotia government made several changes that affect access to special needs allowances under the income assistance system. Last summer, the CCPA-NS began an analysis of these changes, interviewing stakeholders and holding a community forum. Today the report, Cornerstone Compromised: a critical analysis of the changes to special needs assistance in Nova Scotia, based on this research is being released.
"We bear the expectation of providing resources for families involved in child welfare without having a place at the child welfare table." – CCN.
A recent CCPA study showing the extent of First Nations poverty in Canada provides yet more evidence that Canada is failing Aboriginal people. Fully 50 percent of status First Nations children in Canada live in poverty as measured by the Low Income Measure (LIM). In Manitoba the situation is particularly dire with 62 percent living in poverty.
This is unacceptable as a matter of basic social justice and human rights. But it is also a major concern for the future of our economy.
(Halifax/Moncton) A new study released today, entitled Cost of Poverty in New Brunswick, co-authored by economist Angella MacEwen and Christine Saulnier, reveals that:
➢ Poverty costs the New Brunswick government a half a billion dollars per year.
➢ These costs accounted for 6.5% of the 2009/10 New Brunswick government budget.
➢ Health care spending on poverty alone costs the government $196 million per year.
➢ When the costs to government are added to the broader costs to the economy, the total cost of poverty for the province is $2 billion dollars.
(Halifax / Moncton) Une nouvelle étude publiée aujourd'hui, intitulée «Coût de la pauvreté au Nouveau-Brunswick», réalisée conjointement par l'économiste Angella MacEwen et Christine Saulnier, révèle que:
➢ La pauvreté coûte au gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick un demi-milliard de dollars par an;
➢ Ces coûts représentaient 6,5 % du budget du gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick pour l'année 2009-2010;
➢ Les dépenses de soins de santé liées à la pauvreté coûtent à elles seules au gouvernement 196 millions de dollars par an;