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Passionate social worker & advocate committed to economic, social and environmental justice.
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The push to expand CFTA is less about interprovincial trade & more about curbing government’s role in regulation, public services & labour rights. It prioritizes markets, undermines protections, and fuels the neoliberal agenda. #CFTA #NSpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Why are business elites pushing to remove interprovincial trade barriers? It’s the neoliberal agenda which undermines public interest, and hands more power to foreign corporations. How does this make Canada stronger against U.S. pressures? #nspoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

You know you're on the right track when the Premier calls you out for scrutinizing an economic plan built on austerity, deregulation, and resource extraction—the blueprint for making the rich even richer and poor even poorer. #NSpoli #EconomicJustice

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Trump’s tariffs are a wake-up call for Canada. Promises of tax cuts & deregulation won’t cut it. We need bold, state-led investments to build our economy& harness our resources. Mexico’s Plan Mexico shows the way—time for a 'Plan Canada.'#NSpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Many Canadians are feeling anxious as tensions rise in an unprecedented trade war with the U.S. While reducing trade barriers in Canada has been an aim, the benefits aren’t as simple as they seem. Let’s break it down. 🧵1/14 #NSPoli

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

My response to Minister Leah Martin’s appalling fundraising letter. #nspoli

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Had a great convo with Global News about how Nova Scotia can tackle rising poverty, the housing crisis, & inequality. 🌊 It’s time for bold action—fair wages, affordable housing, & policies that prioritize everyone. #NovaScotia #EconomicJustice #AffordableHousing globalnews.ca/video/110288...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Yikes straight out of the playbook of old 47 down south.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

🆘 Nova Scotia's 2025-26 budget fails to protect the well-being of children and youth. Vital investments are missing, leaving families vulnerable to worsening economic instability; a thread 👇 #NSBudget #NSpoli 1/8

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

During economic instability, corporations exploit the moment to price gouge consumers—just as we saw during the pandemic. It's time for our federal & provincial governments to fight disaster capitalism step up with strategic price controls to protect people. #PriceGouging #EconomicJustice

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

NS policies have fueled housing financialization, letting developers and investors profit off homes while driving insecurity and harming productivity. This isn’t sustainable. Real reforms are needed to prioritize people, not profit. #HousingCrisis #NovaScotia #NSpoli

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

The throne speech noted NS has some of the lowest wages in Canada, but wrongly claimed resource extraction is the fix. Real solutions? Unionization, stronger labour standards, higher minimum wage & income assistance. Houston has the tools—instead he has recklessly pushed “drill baby drill” #nspoli

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

We need CCPA and their analysis. Not cool #nsgov

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

The throne speech wrongly paints civil society as villains while glorifying resource extraction as the solution to poverty. Handing control of our resources to oligarchs ignores the harm of “rip & ship” policies, their impact on racialized communities, and how they perpetuate poverty. #NSpoli

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Urgent: Poverty in Nova Scotia is rising— 💔 16% increase in child & family poverty 💔 50% earn below a living wage 💔 Housing costs pushing families to the brink Fair wages, affordable housing, & real solutions for ALL! www.nsaccw.org/updates/open... Tag @nsgov + call for change. 💪 #Nspoli

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Today's capital budget brings positives for kids & families with investments in schools & health infrastructure. But the lack of public housing is glaring. The 515 new announced by this government since taking power falls far short of the 44,000 needed for true housing stability. #NSpoli

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Getting rid of Communications N.S., makes it easier to sell fracking, as it effectively removes the requirement of fact-checking. This disregard for democratic process is alarming. With democracy at risk globally, we must demand truth and transparency. #Fracking #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

As trade wars fuel economic instability, it's workers who face the hardest hits—higher prices, lost wages, and rising despair. But within chaos lies an opportunity: to reimagine an economy that truly empowers workers, we need all orders of government to keep this focus 💪🌍 #EconomicJustice #NSpoli

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

"The difference between special interest groups and the resource extraction oligarchs Premier Houtron is now courting is clear: one works in the public interest, while the other works for their own gain. It's telling that the Premier can't seem to tell the difference, isn't it?"

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments