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Solidarity Halifax: Stop the Alton Gas Project

Jake Hubley — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:14:37 +0000

An analysis by Jake Hubley

K'jipuktuk (Halifax)—Eight years ago, Alton Gas—a subsidiary company of Alberta-based AltaGas ltd.—applied to the Nova Scotia government with a proposed project that would allow natural gas to be stored in underground salt caverns near the Shubenacadie River, in Alton, N.S.

Files attached to this post:

official_draft_final-_solidarity_hfx-_the_alton_gas_project.pdf

¡La Lucha Continua! - Stories of El Salvador's Democratic Project

Rebecca234 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:40:01 +0000

Thu Apr 5

city:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Venue:

Just Us! Cafe, Spring Garden Road

Cost:

Free - collecting donations to help Salvadoran civil society groups

organizer contact:

Rachel Ward - rachelward@eastlink.ca

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Link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/302115213189188/?context=create

Amidst the smells of smog and sugar cane, El Salvador progresses.

Taxing the rich, helping the poor

Bruce Wark — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:06:03 +0000

Nova Scotia's Alternative Budget, Part I

The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget advances a simple idea: The best way out of the current economic recession is increasing government spending to make everyone better off in the long run. The budget, released this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, advocates spending nearly $436 million in the coming year on a variety of social and environmental programs and projects --- everything from strengthening education and child care to upgrading rail lines. It also calls for big increases in welfare payments, abolition of tuition fees for community college students and a sharp reduction in university tuition fees.

"We believe this recession is giving us an opportunity to send the province on a different and fairer path," says Mathieu Dufour, the Dalhousie University economist who helped draft the Alternative Budget's spending priorities. He contrasts this budget with the one the Nova Scotia government brought down on Monday. "So, whereas the government is focused on repairing roads for example, we're more focused on having a greener economy and spending money on social programs."

Christine Saulnier, who chaired the Alternative Budget working group, says CCPA Nova Scotia has been publishing such budgets for the last nine years. They're designed to suggest other ways of looking at the provincial economy. This year participants tried to come up with an economic stimulus plan that would promote social and economic justice along with a healthier environment.

"When you look at the government's stimulus plan, you're looking at a billion dollars in highways," she says. "While there might be some need for improvements to highways and roads, we'd certainly like to see a better balance."

More help for the poor