Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Nova Scotia Saw Alarming Increase in Poverty and Food Insecurity - Some of the Highest in the Country
May 01, 2024
May 01, 2024
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 1 (TNSres) -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following news release:
Statistics Canada just released the most recent poverty and food insecurity data for 2022 and Nova Scotia's rates are alarming. Some of the highlights from the data (using the Market Basket Measure and the Canadian Income Survey) include:
Poverty:
* Nova Scotia's poverty rate increased by 52% between 2021 and 2022 (from 8.6% to 13.1%). This is t . . .
Statistics Canada just released the most recent poverty and food insecurity data for 2022 and Nova Scotia's rates are alarming. Some of the highlights from the data (using the Market Basket Measure and the Canadian Income Survey) include:
Poverty:
* Nova Scotia's poverty rate increased by 52% between 2021 and 2022 (from 8.6% to 13.1%). This is t . . .