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'We don't have any other options': Thousands of Nova Scotia nursing home, residential care workers set to strike The union that represents a majority of the province's nursing home and residential care employees held rallies in Nova Scotia on Friday.

Read the full piece from the Chronicle Herald: www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Find a list of the care homes and picket lines striking in bio: ltcc-ns.cupe.ca/striking-loc...

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Header: 'We don't have any other options': Thousands of Nova Scotia nursing home, residential care workers set to strike Sub-header: By Willy Palov | April 10th, 2026 | Read the full article in the Chronicle Herald. Quote: “Our support services make $18.77 an hour but the living wage in Halifax is $29 an hour... People can’t afford groceries. They can’t afford bills. People are living out of their cars. We have people working full-time here and then picking up part-time jobs elsewhere just to make ends meet.” – Ty Loppie, CUPE spokesperson and personal care worker, quoted in the Chronicle Herald.

Header: 'We don't have any other options': Thousands of Nova Scotia nursing home, residential care workers set to strike Sub-header: By Willy Palov | April 10th, 2026 | Read the full article in the Chronicle Herald. Quote: “Our support services make $18.77 an hour but the living wage in Halifax is $29 an hour... People can’t afford groceries. They can’t afford bills. People are living out of their cars. We have people working full-time here and then picking up part-time jobs elsewhere just to make ends meet.” – Ty Loppie, CUPE spokesperson and personal care worker, quoted in the Chronicle Herald.

Today, more than 2,200 long-term care workers from 24 care homes across the province take to the picket line. Nova Scotia’s long-term care workers are the lowest paid in Atlantic Canada, and do not make a living wage.

#nspoli @cupens.bsky.social

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Header: We need Nova Scotia book publishers. Quote: Nova Scotian authors are writing incredible books. We’ve always punched above our weight in arts and culture here. I want my kids to be able to walk into a library and find generations of our stories at their fingertips. The province’s austerity budget isn’t just silencing this generation of local publishers–they’re robbing the archive. As a writer, I’ve seen how my book travelled. It’s connected me to communities of readers in places I didn’t expect. I don’t want to read an AI-edited paperback. My bookshelves are filled with books by small publishers around the world because they put out the most important and most interesting stories. The provincial government has carelessly vandalized our publishing ecosystem here. – Ardath Whynacht, author of Insurgent Love, published by Fernwood, in press release

Header: We need Nova Scotia book publishers. Quote: Nova Scotian authors are writing incredible books. We’ve always punched above our weight in arts and culture here. I want my kids to be able to walk into a library and find generations of our stories at their fingertips. The province’s austerity budget isn’t just silencing this generation of local publishers–they’re robbing the archive. As a writer, I’ve seen how my book travelled. It’s connected me to communities of readers in places I didn’t expect. I don’t want to read an AI-edited paperback. My bookshelves are filled with books by small publishers around the world because they put out the most important and most interesting stories. The provincial government has carelessly vandalized our publishing ecosystem here. – Ardath Whynacht, author of Insurgent Love, published by Fernwood, in press release

Insurgent Love author @ardathjean.bsky.social reflects on what makes small publishers so special, and what it means for the NS government to cut vital funding.

Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices contributed by @fernpub.bsky.social : linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia

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Malgré le fait que les augmentations du salaire minimum dans les provinces de l’Atlantique suivent généralement la hausse de l’inflation, elles ne suffisent pas à compenser la hausse du coût des produits de première nécessité.

Lire le communiqué de presse complet: linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia

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Despite minimum wage increases in Atlantic Canada generally keeping pace with general inflation, they fall short of covering the rising cost of key essentials.

All workers deserve a fair, living wage and decent working conditions.

Read the full press release linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia

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Le texte dit : « Le Nouveau-Brunswick affiche le troisième salaire minimum le plus bas au Canada et le plus bas des provinces de l’Atlantique. De 15,65 $ à 15,90 $ – soit une augmentation de 0,25 $. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($24.77) avec le salaire minimum ($15.90). Le texte dit : « $8.87 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le Nouveau-Brunswick affiche le troisième salaire minimum le plus bas au Canada et le plus bas des provinces de l’Atlantique. De 15,65 $ à 15,90 $ – soit une augmentation de 0,25 $. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($24.77) avec le salaire minimum ($15.90). Le texte dit : « $8.87 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le salaire minimum en Nouvelle-Écosse est loin du salaire vital, puisqu’il ne représente que 61 % de celui-ci. De 16,50 $ à 16,75 $ – soit une augmentation de 0,25 $. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($27.60) avec le salaire minimum ($16.75). Le texte dit : « $10.85 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le salaire minimum en Nouvelle-Écosse est loin du salaire vital, puisqu’il ne représente que 61 % de celui-ci. De 16,50 $ à 16,75 $ – soit une augmentation de 0,25 $. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($27.60) avec le salaire minimum ($16.75). Le texte dit : « $10.85 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le salaire minimum à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard augmente de 50 cents. Il passe de 16,50 $ à 17 $. Un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum gagne 30 940 $ par année, soit 10 501 $ de moins que le salaire vital. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($22.77) avec le salaire minimum ($17.00). Le texte dit : « $5.77 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Pied de page : « *Le revenu annuel brut d’un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum est calculé sur la base d’une semaine de travail de 35 heures. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le salaire minimum à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard augmente de 50 cents. Il passe de 16,50 $ à 17 $. Un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum gagne 30 940 $ par année, soit 10 501 $ de moins que le salaire vital. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($22.77) avec le salaire minimum ($17.00). Le texte dit : « $5.77 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Pied de page : « *Le revenu annuel brut d’un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum est calculé sur la base d’une semaine de travail de 35 heures. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le salaire minimum à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador augmente de 35 cents. Il passe de 16 $ à 16,35 $. Un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum gagne maintenant 29 757 $ par année, soit 16 307 $ de moins que le salaire vital. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($25.31) avec le salaire minimum ($16.35). Le texte dit : « $9.96 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Pied de page : « *Le revenu annuel brut d’un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum est calculé sur la base d’une semaine de travail de 35 heures. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

Le texte dit : « Le salaire minimum à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador augmente de 35 cents. Il passe de 16 $ à 16,35 $. Un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum gagne maintenant 29 757 $ par année, soit 16 307 $ de moins que le salaire vital. » Graphique comparant le salaire vital ($25.31) avec le salaire minimum ($16.35). Le texte dit : « $9.96 écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital. » Pied de page : « *Le revenu annuel brut d’un travailleur à temps plein au salaire minimum est calculé sur la base d’une semaine de travail de 35 heures. » Logo de CCPA-NE dans le coin droit.

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE : Le salaire minimum augmente dans les provinces de l’Atlantique, mais c’est encore insuffisant

Les augmentations du salaire minimum dans les provinces de l’Atlantique contribuent peu à réduire l’écart entre le salaire minimum et le salaire vital.

linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia

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Text reads: “New Brunswick has the third lowest minimum wage in Canada and the lowest in Atlantic Canada. $15.65 to $15.90. That’s an increase of 25 cents.” Graphic comparing living wage ($24.77) to minimum wage ($15.90). Text reads: $8.87 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “New Brunswick has the third lowest minimum wage in Canada and the lowest in Atlantic Canada. $15.65 to $15.90. That’s an increase of 25 cents.” Graphic comparing living wage ($24.77) to minimum wage ($15.90). Text reads: $8.87 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “Nova Scotia’s minimum wage is far from its living wage at only 61 per cent of the living wage. $16.50 to $16.75.” Graphic comparing living wage ($27.60) to minimum wage ($16.75). Text reads: $10.85 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “Nova Scotia’s minimum wage is far from its living wage at only 61 per cent of the living wage. $16.50 to $16.75.” Graphic comparing living wage ($27.60) to minimum wage ($16.75). Text reads: $10.85 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage is going up 50 cents. A full-time minimum wage worker now makes $30,940 a year* – that’s $10,501 below the living wage. $16.50 to $17.00” Graphic comparing living wage ($22.77) to minimum wage ($17.00). Text reads: $5.77 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” Footnote at bottom of graphic reads: “*Gross annual income for a full-time minimum wage worker is calculated using a 35 hour work week.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage is going up 50 cents. A full-time minimum wage worker now makes $30,940 a year* – that’s $10,501 below the living wage. $16.50 to $17.00” Graphic comparing living wage ($22.77) to minimum wage ($17.00). Text reads: $5.77 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” Footnote at bottom of graphic reads: “*Gross annual income for a full-time minimum wage worker is calculated using a 35 hour work week.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “Newfoundland and Labrador’s minimum wage is going up 35 cents. A full-time minimum wage worker now makes $29,757 a year* – that’s $16,307 below the living wage. $16.00 to $16.35.” Graphic comparing living wage ($25.31) to minimum wage ($16.35). Text reads: $8.96 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” Footnote at bottom of graphic reads: “*Gross annual income for a full-time minimum wage worker is calculated using a 35 hour work week.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

Text reads: “Newfoundland and Labrador’s minimum wage is going up 35 cents. A full-time minimum wage worker now makes $29,757 a year* – that’s $16,307 below the living wage. $16.00 to $16.35.” Graphic comparing living wage ($25.31) to minimum wage ($16.35). Text reads: $8.96 gap between minimum wage and living wage.” Footnote at bottom of graphic reads: “*Gross annual income for a full-time minimum wage worker is calculated using a 35 hour work week.” CCPA-NS logo in the top right corner.

PRESS RELEASE: Minimum wage in Atlantic Canada is rising – but it is still not enough

The minimum wage increases in Atlantic Canada do little to bridge the gap between the minimum wage and the living wage.

Read the release here: linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia

#nspoli #nbpoli #nlpoli #peipoli

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Text reads: “How can you continue to support Nova Scotia publishing? If you’re an author who has published with an indie press: Boost your book wherever you can, no matter how long it’s been since your book came out: add a link to it in your email signature, put up a poster at your workplace, organize a book talk on any one of today’s intersecting problems; If you’re a teacher, adopt an indie-published book in your class (don’t be shy about using your own brilliant book!); Offer to do author talks in classrooms, workplaces, or organizing spaces; If you have stable income, consider donating your royalties back to the publisher so we can continue to support writers and artists.” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “How can you continue to support Nova Scotia publishing? If you’re an author who has published with an indie press: Boost your book wherever you can, no matter how long it’s been since your book came out: add a link to it in your email signature, put up a poster at your workplace, organize a book talk on any one of today’s intersecting problems; If you’re a teacher, adopt an indie-published book in your class (don’t be shy about using your own brilliant book!); Offer to do author talks in classrooms, workplaces, or organizing spaces; If you have stable income, consider donating your royalties back to the publisher so we can continue to support writers and artists.” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “How can you continue to support Nova Scotia publishing? If you’re a reader: Organize a book club involving an indie-published, local title; Order your books from indie bookstores or directly from publishers’ website; Assign indie-published books or chapters in your class or use them in your workplace; Tell your friends, family, and colleagues about your favourite locally published books and suggest books for their classes or organizations; Write a review of an indie-published book in a magazine or scholarly journal; Tell your friends and comrades about indie-published books you’ve enjoyed and learned from; Be publicly outraged about attacks on cultural funding!” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “How can you continue to support Nova Scotia publishing? If you’re a reader: Organize a book club involving an indie-published, local title; Order your books from indie bookstores or directly from publishers’ website; Assign indie-published books or chapters in your class or use them in your workplace; Tell your friends, family, and colleagues about your favourite locally published books and suggest books for their classes or organizations; Write a review of an indie-published book in a magazine or scholarly journal; Tell your friends and comrades about indie-published books you’ve enjoyed and learned from; Be publicly outraged about attacks on cultural funding!” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

This article details the importance of the Publishers’ Assistance Fund to NS publishers, & highlights the cultural, economic, and political importance of independent, local book publishers.

Here is how you can continue to support Nova Scotia publishing.

#nspoli

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Text reads: “New CCPA-NS Article: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability. April 1st, 2026. Contributed by Fernwood Publishing.” Quote from article reads: “Critical ideas and culture are not frivolous indulgences. They are essential to imagining and enacting a more just world.” Image of open book to the left of quote. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “New CCPA-NS Article: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability. April 1st, 2026. Contributed by Fernwood Publishing.” Quote from article reads: “Critical ideas and culture are not frivolous indulgences. They are essential to imagining and enacting a more just world.” Image of open book to the left of quote. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “What would our world be like if the only books available to readers eager to learn were published by large multinational corporations? We don’t want to find out.” Quote from the article reads: “Indie publishers are intimately, locally, internationally connected to our communities — our readers, authors, editors, peer reviewers, designers, illustrators, printers, booksellers, and like-minded publishers in other countries. We are part of a vast, international network of people who love books and the incredible transformative potential they hold.” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “What would our world be like if the only books available to readers eager to learn were published by large multinational corporations? We don’t want to find out.” Quote from the article reads: “Indie publishers are intimately, locally, internationally connected to our communities — our readers, authors, editors, peer reviewers, designers, illustrators, printers, booksellers, and like-minded publishers in other countries. We are part of a vast, international network of people who love books and the incredible transformative potential they hold.” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “Local Publishers Provide a Tremendous Return on Public Investment. Book publishing contributed $6.6 million to Nova Scotia’s GDP (2023). Fernwood’s sales in Nova Scotia provide a $9 return for every $1 of provincial funding.” In the bottom left corner, CCPA-NS website is linked: policyalternatives.ca/regions/nova-scotia/. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

Text reads: “Local Publishers Provide a Tremendous Return on Public Investment. Book publishing contributed $6.6 million to Nova Scotia’s GDP (2023). Fernwood’s sales in Nova Scotia provide a $9 return for every $1 of provincial funding.” In the bottom left corner, CCPA-NS website is linked: policyalternatives.ca/regions/nova-scotia/. CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.

NEW RELEASE: Risking the Loss of Critical Ideas and Diverse Voices: Nova Scotia Book Publishers Facing Unprecedented Instability, contributed by Fernwood Publishing

Read it here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

#nspoli @fernpub.bsky.social

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Text read: CBC Information Morning Moncton: What goes into creating a provincial budget? Listen to the full interview on CBC Radio. CCPA-NS Christine Saulnier is quoted: “The budget is the most important public policy to come out of a government. Where the money goes will have a tremendous impact. I think [the budget process] needs to be opened up even more. We need to involve people in a much more meaningful way.”

Text read: CBC Information Morning Moncton: What goes into creating a provincial budget? Listen to the full interview on CBC Radio. CCPA-NS Christine Saulnier is quoted: “The budget is the most important public policy to come out of a government. Where the money goes will have a tremendous impact. I think [the budget process] needs to be opened up even more. We need to involve people in a much more meaningful way.”

On CBC Information Morning Moncton earlier this week, Christine spoke on the importance of provincial budgets, and how we can open up the process to be more democratic

Listen to the full interview: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

#nspoli #nbpoli

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This afternoon, CCPA-NS Director calls into Now You Know with Rob Snow to discuss current events on their Focus on Nova Scotia Panel.

Listen live on March 26th at 1:30pm by tuning into 95.7 CityNews, or going to their website: halifax.citynews.ca/audio/

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ICYMI: @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social director @csaulnier.bsky.social discusses the recent #NewBrunswick provincial budget here: #nbpoli www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Tomorrow morning, CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier will be talking about how budgets are made (and how they should be) on CBC Information Morning Fredericton, Saint John, and Moncton, airing between 6:00 and 8:30 AM.

Listen live at cbc.ca/listen/live-radio.

#nspoli #nbpoli

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The Todd Veinotte Show - 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax Tune in to The Todd Veinotte Show every weekday. Holding the feet of those in power to the fire, Todd tackles the tough topics every day from 10 to 1.

Listen to the full segment of the Todd Veinotte Show: halifax.citynews.ca/audio/the-to...

Read the 2026 Nova Scotia Alternative Budget: policyalternatives.ca/NSAB2026

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Graphic with crowd of people in the background. Text in the foreground reads: February 4, 2026. The Todd Veinotte Show with Dan Ahlstrand. NSAB 2026: CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier on the Todd Veinotte Show. A conversation on Nova Scotia's fiscal health, what it means to have a return on investment, the housing market, and resource extraction. CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier is quoted: “For us, it really is about ensuring more Nova Scotians are benefiting from the investments–and not just the few.” The CCPA-NS logo and CityNews 95.7 logo. NSAB2026 linked at the bottom: policyalternatives.ca/NSAB2026. CCPA-NS Linktree at the bottom: linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia.

Graphic with crowd of people in the background. Text in the foreground reads: February 4, 2026. The Todd Veinotte Show with Dan Ahlstrand. NSAB 2026: CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier on the Todd Veinotte Show. A conversation on Nova Scotia's fiscal health, what it means to have a return on investment, the housing market, and resource extraction. CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier is quoted: “For us, it really is about ensuring more Nova Scotians are benefiting from the investments–and not just the few.” The CCPA-NS logo and CityNews 95.7 logo. NSAB2026 linked at the bottom: policyalternatives.ca/NSAB2026. CCPA-NS Linktree at the bottom: linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia.

REMINDER: There are alternatives to Nova Scotia's budget.

Last month, CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier phoned into the Todd Veinotte Show to talk about the 2026 NSAB. They spoke about Nova Scotia’s fiscal health, returns on investment, the housing market, and resource extraction.

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Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2026: For the Many | CCPA There are solutions to end the housing crisis and make life more affordable for the majority of people, what’s needed is action.

Read the full article here: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...

Read more of these simple and actionable strategies in the full alternative budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/NSAB2026

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Yellow to transparent gradient on the top half of image, with image of group of people standing in a circle with their hands together on the bottom half of the image. Over top, text on the image reads: “March 10th, 2026. By Madiha Mughees. Non-profit sector says funding reductions in budget pose ‘serious and compounding threat to the well-being of the people.’ Read the full piece in the Halifax Examiner.” A quote from Benny Welter-Nolan, executive director of Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia (IONS) in the Halifax Examiner, is displayed on the bottom half of the image: “If you take a look at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) alternative budget, there are some actually very simple, very actionable strategies that will benefit Nova Scotians.” The Halifax Examiner logo is in the top right corner. The CCPA-NS logo is in the bottom right corner.

Yellow to transparent gradient on the top half of image, with image of group of people standing in a circle with their hands together on the bottom half of the image. Over top, text on the image reads: “March 10th, 2026. By Madiha Mughees. Non-profit sector says funding reductions in budget pose ‘serious and compounding threat to the well-being of the people.’ Read the full piece in the Halifax Examiner.” A quote from Benny Welter-Nolan, executive director of Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia (IONS) in the Halifax Examiner, is displayed on the bottom half of the image: “If you take a look at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) alternative budget, there are some actually very simple, very actionable strategies that will benefit Nova Scotians.” The Halifax Examiner logo is in the top right corner. The CCPA-NS logo is in the bottom right corner.

“If you take a look at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) alternative budget, there are some actually very simple, very actionable strategies that will benefit Nova Scotians.”
– Benny Welter-Nolan, executive director of IONS in the Halifax Examiner

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NEW RELEASE: Arts and Culture: Nova Scotia’s Undervalued Public Good by Sébastien Labelle

This piece emphasizes the contributions of the art & culture sector to NS, and how these sectors will be impacted by budget cuts.

Read the full piece here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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The current rate of pay for research assistants and teaching assistants s is $17 per hour, which is far below Nova Scotia’s living wage of $27.60. Individual course instructors make about $5,600 per course which is $3,600 below the national average.

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RAs, TAs, and independent course appointees at NSCAD face low wages & job insecurity. As Larissa Atkinson writes, ”A post-secondary system that relies on a precarious underclass cannot reliably meet its core mandate to provide quality higher education.”

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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Last week, the Halifax Examiner covered our community forum with NSACCW, where we broke down what this provincial budget really means for Nova Scotians.

Read the article here: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...

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CCPA-NS director Christine Saulnier made the front page in Chronicle Herald’s print news, which highlighted the community forum hosted by CCPA-NS and NSACCW on Friday.

Read the article here: www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

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These tax cuts are regressive – but they didn’t have to be. The 2026 NSAB advocates for progressive tax cuts which serve to benefit the many, not the few.

Read the full article here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Read the NSAB here: policyalternatives.ca/NSAB2026

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NEW RELEASE: Who Really Benefits from Nova Scotia’s Tax Cuts?
Our analysis reveals who will actually benefit from tax cuts in NS.

Families in the highest income group benefit 11 times more than families in the lowest income group.

These tax cuts also result in a $465 million loss of revenue.

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Report finds 1 in 6 P.E.I. children below the poverty line in 2023 About one in six children on Prince Edward Island lived below the poverty line in 2023, according to a new report that argues progress is moving too slowly for many families.

The @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social 2025 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty on P.E.I. puts the child poverty rate that year at 16.7% down less than 1% from 2022. “There’s a lot of people suffering out there.” www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

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Following the tabling of the 2026-2027 budget, CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier was interviewed by Global News, where she spoke about where this budget falls short.

Read the full article: globalnews.ca/news/1168928...

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The 2026-2027 NS budget was tabled today, and it calls for cuts to the public sector, and lacks the investment needed in child care, income supports, and affordable housing.

Read CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier’s full response to the budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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NS is tabling a budget today, and the government is signalling cuts to the civil service and public programs to address a large deficit.

The NS Alternative Budget shows the choices they could have made to meet the needs of Nova Scotians: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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What the Budget Means for Nova Scotians
A public forum on poverty, affordability, and the road ahead, co-hosted by CCPA-NS and NSACCW.

Join us Feb 27 at 12PM AST at the CLC Atlantic Regional Office, 1718 Argyle Street, Halifax, Main Floor meeting room, or Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives talks about new report on child and family poverty in NS | Watch News Videos Online Watch Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives talks about new report on child and family poverty in NS Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

She sat down with Global News just this morning to talk about what can be done to tackle poverty as we anticipate the Nova Scotia provincial budget coming soon: globalnews.ca/video/116755...

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