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EI woes: Canada’s unemployed continue to be ignored
Memo from the Prime Minister’s Office to Canada’s unemployed: it sucks to be you. After waiting an entire summer for Harper’s minority government to finally…
Canada breaks ranks on bankers’ bonuses
Canada likes to think of itself as the country that emerged from the financial crisis squeaky clean. Too bad it is abdicating a leadership role…
Affordability gap between rich and poor
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – There is a major affordability gap between Canada’s richest and poorest households, says a new Canadian Centre for…
The Affordability Gap
Spending differences between Canada’s rich and poor Download 395.98 KB17 pages
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2009
Responding to the Crisis, Building for the Future Download 1.05 MB39 pages
Alternative Provincial Budget for Nova Scotia – balancing priorities
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released its ‘alternative budget’ today. The NS Alternative Budget Working Group, which is…
Inflation-obsessed central bank could impede Canada’s recovery: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada is not up to the challenges brought on by the world financial crisis, says…
Canadian women on their own are poorest of the poor
Only 9% of all Canadians were considered poor in 2007. It was the lowest rate of low income in 30 years. But that was before…
Study shows growing gap between the richest and poorest families: 2003-2006
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina — For the past thirty years, the richest in the province have secured the lion’s share of…
Boom and Bust
The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan Download 4.56 MB59 pages This report finds that the gap between the richest and poorest families in Saskatchewan has…
Fact Sheets on Women’s Poverty
Women’s Poverty and the Recession This series of fact sheets is based on the report Women’s Poverty and the Recession by Monica Townson (September 2009), and…
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