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View Article  Rich gettin' richer, poorer gettin' poorer

The Canadian Council for Policy Alternatives is out this evening with a study that looks at the gap between rich and poor in Canada. Some of their findings:

  • The concentration of wealth at the high end continued to grow from 1999 to 2005.
  • The wealthiest 20% of families held 69.2% ...   more »
View Article  Flaherty has "turned his back on Nova Scotians", says province's premier

Until this afternoon, Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald (left) has been a relatively moderate voice in the debate about the Atlantic Accords and the federal budget. But this afternoon, MacDonald ramped it up after he read a letter to the editor in the Halifax Herald Saturday that was penned ...   more »

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