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The Big Heist
On April 12, 2013, the late Jim Flaherty, then Canada’s finance minister, made an unpublicized trip to Bermuda, one of corporate Canada’s tax havens of…
Infographic: Headstart
Affluent Canadian Families Have a Running Start The wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at young age. Did you know that the wealthiest Canadian families in…
Low-wage work skyrocketing: Ontario study
TORONTO –The low-wage workforce in Ontario grew by 94 per cent over the past 17 years, vastly outstripping the growth in total employment which grew…
Infographic: TFSA Fact Check
The 2015 federal budget vehemently argued that raising the annual TFSA contribution ceiling from $5,500 to $10,000 would disproportionately benefit lower- and middle- income Canadians.…
Stop tinkering and build an Early Learning and Child Care system: CCPA-NS
Current patchwork, market-based approach is failing province and families CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s market-based, patchwork approach to Early…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2015, Volume 18, Number 2 Download 2.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: 11 things to know about Budget 2015 by Iglika Ivanova A YES…
Infographic: The Middle Class Squeeze
The link between unionization and the middle class Did you know that the loss of private sector union jobs in Canada is putting a squeeze…
Living wage rises again in 2015
(Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.68 per hour.…
Federal budget creates surplus instead of jobs: think tank
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget will do little to revitalize Canada’s sluggish job market and slow economic growth due to collapsing corporate investment in the tar sands,…
Federal budget priorities out of balance with economic, social realities: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Tomorrow’s federal budget may deliver a surplus but it will fall short on delivering solutions to many of…
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