Child poverty dips but Nova Scotia income picture remains dismal
Just in time for the self-congratulatory rhetoric of the provincial budget, Statistics Canada...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Feb 25, 2020 | Economy, Poverty and Wealth, Updates |
Just in time for the self-congratulatory rhetoric of the provincial budget, Statistics Canada...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Oct 3, 2019 | Health Care, Updates |
The first question period of the fall session of the Nova Scotia legislature began with a familiar...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Aug 6, 2019 | Updates |
A few months ago the McNeil government’s reputation took a hit with news that while child poverty...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Feb 6, 2019 | Economy, Updates |
Early last year, on the occasion of the PM’s visit for a town hall in Sackville, I posted about...
Read MorePosted by Richard Starr | Dec 21, 2018 | Updates |
Last December I reported that the Atlantic Region was still experiencing a drop in federal...
Read MoreRICHARD STARR has had careers as a journalist, public servant, broadcaster, political staffer and freelance policy adviser. He is author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, a former radio and TV producer and weekly newspaper editor, and the author of three non-fiction books. Starr has lived in Dartmouth for more than 30 years.