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Continuities and Discontinuities, 1994
By Tammy Findlay with Stella Lord The RepoRT of the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Ec... more By Tammy Findlay with Stella Lord The RepoRT of the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Economy, otherwise known as the Ivany Report, makes "an urgent call to action" for the province's future. While we also see the need for fundamental change in Nova Scotia, we have many concerns about this report, ranging from its narrow definition of the problem, to its selective research, to its dubious and sometimes contradictory solutions. But here, we would like to focus on one glaring omission-the role that social policy and in particular, early learning and child care (eLCC) play in economic development. For the Ivany Report, the major problems facing the province are "industry failures, slow business growth, faltering employment levels, the loss of young people and skilled workers to other provinces, and the shrinking viability of many rural communities" (Ivany et al. 2014 vi). To be sure, in the face of demographic and economic decline, we do agree with some of the sentiments expressed in the report, but we believe these should lead to
Introduction The concept of equal pay for women has not been tied to the concept of 'value... more Introduction The concept of equal pay for women has not been tied to the concept of 'value' in most provincial equal pay legislation in Canada. The pay of men in similar jobs in the same establishment has, in most cases, been the criterion for equal pay legislation. Consequently, if women work in sex segregated jobs, or job 'ghettos', they remain outside the present legislation in most Canadian provinces. Possibly as a natural effect of the women's liberation movement on the one hand and frustration with the slow progress towards effective equal pay legislation on the other, women are now tending to turn to 2 unionization and union militancy to achieve higher rates of pay. Except
… Research Institute for the …, 2001
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women-Nova Scotia (CRIAW-Nova Scotia) and the ... more Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women-Nova Scotia (CRIAW-Nova Scotia) and the research coordinators wish to thank members of Nova Scotia Women's FishNet who contributed considerable volunteer time and energy to the research project on which ...
Continuities and Discontinuities: The Political Economy …, 1994
Welfare Reform in Canada, 2015
Continuities and Discontinuities, 1994
By Tammy Findlay with Stella Lord The RepoRT of the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Ec... more By Tammy Findlay with Stella Lord The RepoRT of the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Economy, otherwise known as the Ivany Report, makes "an urgent call to action" for the province's future. While we also see the need for fundamental change in Nova Scotia, we have many concerns about this report, ranging from its narrow definition of the problem, to its selective research, to its dubious and sometimes contradictory solutions. But here, we would like to focus on one glaring omission-the role that social policy and in particular, early learning and child care (eLCC) play in economic development. For the Ivany Report, the major problems facing the province are "industry failures, slow business growth, faltering employment levels, the loss of young people and skilled workers to other provinces, and the shrinking viability of many rural communities" (Ivany et al. 2014 vi). To be sure, in the face of demographic and economic decline, we do agree with some of the sentiments expressed in the report, but we believe these should lead to
Introduction The concept of equal pay for women has not been tied to the concept of 'value... more Introduction The concept of equal pay for women has not been tied to the concept of 'value' in most provincial equal pay legislation in Canada. The pay of men in similar jobs in the same establishment has, in most cases, been the criterion for equal pay legislation. Consequently, if women work in sex segregated jobs, or job 'ghettos', they remain outside the present legislation in most Canadian provinces. Possibly as a natural effect of the women's liberation movement on the one hand and frustration with the slow progress towards effective equal pay legislation on the other, women are now tending to turn to 2 unionization and union militancy to achieve higher rates of pay. Except
… Research Institute for the …, 2001
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women-Nova Scotia (CRIAW-Nova Scotia) and the ... more Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women-Nova Scotia (CRIAW-Nova Scotia) and the research coordinators wish to thank members of Nova Scotia Women's FishNet who contributed considerable volunteer time and energy to the research project on which ...
Continuities and Discontinuities: The Political Economy …, 1994
Welfare Reform in Canada, 2015