A pic from the Shoulder to Shoulder rally at Province House in Halifax. There was an excellent turnout! #NovaScotia

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.

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

1/ The NS government says families will save $1,400 from tax cuts. But averages hide who really benefits. We ran the numbers. 🧵

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

@hfxgov.bsky.social 🤔 @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social 🤔

@hfxgov.bsky.social 🤔 @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social 🤔

STOP KILLING CHILDREN! Try to ban ultra-processed foods; at least prohibit serving / selling in PUBLIC areas: • Schools • Parks • Libraries • Community Centers • Etc. People could bring from home to the parks, but NOT buy in the park. UPF / sugared drinks should be treated as cigarettes, both kill.

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... #nspoli

Exactly this: "We need to understand this deeply: the debt crisis is entirely the creation of the Houston government...for the ideological project of making the rich richer, the poor poorer, and working people more uncertain and thus less likely to object to deep political restructuring."

ICYMI:

Following the release of our Nova Scotia Report Card on Child and Family Poverty earlier this week, CCPA-NS Director Christine Saulnier has been speaking with media across the province. Here are three highlights, linked below. #nspoli

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...

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...

Christine also spoke with CTV Atlantic about what it means for a family to live in poverty, and the work they need to do in order to get by: www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

CCPA-NS released the 2025 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty on PEI today with the MacKillop Centre for Social Justice. Child poverty remained essentially unchanged from 2022 and the number of children living in poverty increased Read the full report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?

We prefer to give money to pro-Trump corporations like Facebook instead of investing in our own communities through taxes

Four districts are sustainable without commercial taxes. If you can make time to speak to the budget committee on Wednesday or March 4, you should. Tell council the only way out of this hole is targeted fees to bump up the revenue of unsustainable districts and/or recoup costs from expensive service

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Nova Scotians: The Halifax metropolitan area has a serious traffic problem. Congestion is getting worse. Nobody: Absolutely no one: Houston government: What if we end all remote work and send thousands of provincial employees back to downtown at the exact same time? Let’s add more cars 🚗🚗🚗

The decision by HRM council to end contracts with a company over failure to pay a living wage as part of the Supplier Code of Conduct highlights the importance of enforcing and strengthening the policy If not for SEIU Local 2 raising the alarm about this issue, would HRM have known & acted? #nspoli

Take the time to read this and understand, stop making judgements, you don’t know any of these people you are commenting on. Mother of critically injured #TumblerRidge victim feels compassion for shooter’s mother #BritishColumbia /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Civil society groups call on NS government to improve transparency in this year’s provincial budget processes CCPA-NS, EAC, NSFL, and ACE are calling on the NS gov’t to improve transparency and include us in this year’s budget lock-up. Full release here: ecologyaction.ca/resources-me... #nspoli

🤣🤣🤣🤭😏 #BadBunny and yes we love Latin music 🎶 💃 Credit to bsimkova #Canada I love this video, she’s got some moves!

Gracias a Bad Bunny for a FANTASTIC halftime show tonight at the #superbowl 💥♥️🇵🇷 The music, the dancing, the imagery…the incredible opportunity to experience something that makes America truly great: our immigrants. EL PODER DEL AMOR ♥️ was on full display: together we are stronger than the hate.

Just in the morning I was talking with my wife that there are a lot of Sports in the Winter Olympic games where you can die or get a very awful injury 🤕

American workers just took home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.

Cartoon by Mike Smith | King Features

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

To understand who will benefit from the one-time payment for GST credit recipients, and a further ongoing top-up to the credit, read David's analysis. Read the 2026 NSAB for our proposals on how to make life affordable for Nova Scotians. Both linked here: linktr.ee/ccpanovascotia #nspoli

Every time I see rich and powerful men jerking off to the idea of sexually subjugating women, I think of how many men told me that I was overreacting years ago when I said that they would also eventually overturn Roe v. Wade. And then I want to punch a wall.

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

We are all immigrants. Unless you came over on the Mayflower. I am an immigrant to Canada having grown up in the US. America was built by immigrants. Some people have forgotten that.

Long-term care workers are responsible for caring for our most vulnerable populations, but they’re offered poverty wages and expected to be grateful. Another CUPE NS local votes in favour of a strike mandate, and wages are a significant concern. View CUPE’s full statement, linked below. #nspoli

"I think in in Halifax we have a culture of sort of aggressive driving."

Absolutely disgusting.

What the world can learn from Paris’s cycling revolution. momentummag.com/what-the-wor...

The original sold but there are prints! Some are using them for marches!

Nova Scotia has the worst provincial-federal contribution ratio in Atlantic Canada, and the second worst of all the provinces. “It’s time for laggard provinces to do their part and at least match federal dollars so the system can be expanded more rapidly.” – David Macdonald Linked below. #nspoli

From SmashTransphobiaKjipuktuk on Instagram.

This year’s alternative budget makes investments that address the affordability crisis, housing insecurity, systemic inequality, and climate inaction, while prioritizing public services that support all Nova Scotians. #nspoli

Every budget reflects values and priorities. The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2026: For the Many, challenges the status quo, offering a bold, evidence-based vision for a just, green, care economy, and more inclusive province. View the full report: policyalternatives.ca/NSAB2026 #nspoli

The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2026 is published by CCPA-NS following many months of a collaborative process involving 60 plus organizations and individuals in the NSAB working group (members of which are cited in the Appendix in the report). We thank them for their input! #nspoli

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Due to the weather, the in-person report launch has been cancelled. This event will be fully virtual. Join us online January 28th from 11am to 12pm AST to discuss the 2026 Alternative Budget. Register for the Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #nspoli