By Brett Maletic June, 3, 2015: Today we headed out to the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market for the press release of the much- anticipated “Food Counts: Halifax Food Assessment,” a 2014 report developed through the Halifax Food Policy Alliance. This report takes a hard look at the state of our current food system here in the HRM, both in terms of strengths as …
June 1, 2015 By Brett Maletic Today was the much-anticipated press release for Halifax Living Wage 2015; a research report developed by the Nova Scotia Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and the United Way. Introducing the report were two panelists: CCPA’s Nova Scotia Director, Dr. Christine Saulnier, and Max Chauvin, Chair of the Opportunities Council and Co-Chair of the Homeless …
