Tim is otherwise occupied, so today’s Morning File is written by guest writer Katie Toth. Good morning, Halifax. I’m a sleepy reporter and writer and you can follow me on Twitter. News 1. What makes a disability? A Nova Scotia woman can’t get a federal income tax break for her hard-of-hearing toddler because he has hearing aids, so the […]
Muskrat Falls is all about power: Morning File, Monday, October 24, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Muskrat Falls “An ongoing blockade against the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador took a dramatic turn on Saturday as land protectors stormed and occupied the Muskrat Falls work site itself,” reports Justin Brake, editor of the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent: As about 200 […]
Income inequality is at a four-decade high in Nova Scotia: Examineradio, episode #84
Jordan Brennan is an economist with Unifor and a Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University. In a recent report, he trashes the Nova Scotia Liberal government’s neoliberal austerity agenda. He argues that cutting government spending when the private sector is also belt-tightening is exactly the opposite of responsible economic stewardship. Also, we speak with four […]
Halifax, Tatooine, the city with two suns: Morning File, Thursday, October 13, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Growth, Austerity and the Future of Nova Scotian Prosperity The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives yesterday released a report, “Growth, Austerity and the Future of Nova Scotian Prosperity,” written by labour economist Jordan Brennan. At 46 pages, the report is a short and easy […]