social services

How special needs cuts affect people with disabilities

Rana Encol — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 18:43:12 +0000

A personal account: “I felt abused and discriminated by the ESIA programme”

Many people who rely on income assistance in Nova Scotia have had their special needs allowances cut. These special needs include bus passes, special diets, mobility devices, and telephones.

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Progressive Budget Real Alternative: CCPA

Jim Guild — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:19:23 +0000

If you want to govern, not give up

Fed a steady diet of tax-cut fetishism and deficit hysteria, Nova Scotians could welcome the N.S. Alternative Budget (NSAB) released March 22 by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-N.S (CCPA-NS).

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Good Work its Own Reward?

bsichel — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:15:54 +0000

Report finds high turnover, low pay, and educated workforce in non-profit sector

Workers in Nova Scotia’s non-profit sector are poorly paid, highly educated, and frequently leaving their jobs, according to a new study conducted for the Federation of Community Organizations and Phoenix Youth Programs.

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