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Wanda Thomas Bernard
Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard is professor emerita, Dalhousie University.
Your inflation dollars may not be going where you think: report
Most price increases are going to corporate profits in mining, oil and gas extraction CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Of every dollar spent on higher prices in the…
Lowest Wage Workers Deserve Additional Support Now
Halifax/Kjipuktuk— “I am pleased that the Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee recommends moving to $15 by October of this year instead of April next year. I urge the government…
Nearly 50% of Nova Scotians earn less than a living wage—New Report
Living Wages in Nova Scotia 2022: Working for a Living, Not Living to Work READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Halifax/Kjipuktuk—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released its annual living…
Nearly $400 million in public funds flowed to for-profit surgical and diagnostic clinics in BC over the last six years, new research reveals
Surgical centres engaged in unlawful extra-billing among those who benefited from government outsourcing READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) Health authority contracts with for-profit surgical and diagnostic imaging clinics topped…
Manitoba fails to adequately raise Minimum Wage
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg): The Manitoba government’s minimum wage announcement today will not cover the massive cost of living increases low-income workers face in 2022. The Manitoba government announced today…
More potentially fatal landslides and severe flooding ahead unless BC government enacts major reforms, experts warn
VANCOUVER — Several engineers and geoscientists say some of the worst flooding and landslides in BC last November were in valleys with land disturbances related to aging logging roads, logging…
Women’s wages aren’t keeping up with inflation: new labour market analysis
Report shows bumpy pandemic recovery has been as unequal as the initial downturn CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Women’s wages are not keeping pace with surging inflation overall,…
A Living Wage for Regina is $16.23/hour, Saskatoon is $16.89 per hour: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. REGINA – The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives calculates that a family of four would require a living wage of $16.23…
Ontario school board funding fell by $800 per student over four years: CCPA
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ministry of Education funding for Ontario’s 72 school boards fell by an average of $800 per student from 2017-18 to 2021-22, new analysis from the…
Workers’ wages haven’t kept up with rising inflation: report
Two-thirds of Canadian workers have experienced real wage losses over the last two years CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Nearly two-thirds of Canadian workers’ wages are falling behind…
Rapport sur la hausse du salaire minimum de l’Ontario : augmentation des revenus et croissance de l’emploi
Les revenus des travailleurs racialisés, en particulier des femmes, se sont améliorés CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. TORONTO— La décision de l’Ontario en 2018 d’augmenter le salaire minimum a…
Raising Ontario’s minimum wage boosted incomes while employment rose: report
Racialized workers, especially women, saw gains READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ontario’s move in 2018 to raise the minimum wage reduced the racialized wage gap, particularly for women, amid rising…
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