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Why is it so hard to close the gender wage gap?
The wage gap is pretty easy to understand. I do a job. You do a job. I get paid more. You get paid less. Unfair.…
Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors
Download 2.76 MB56 pages BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the…
Refugee Claimants Require Temporary and Permanent Supports in Manitoba
We in Manitoba find ourselves in need of a serious discussion about how to coordinate services, including lodging, for the refugee claimants who are continuing…
Infographics: Seniors poverty and inequality
BC seniors are anything but a homogenous group. Large income and wealth inequalities exist among both seniors and working-age British Columbians—the defining problem we face…
Infographics: Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways
Our photo essay, Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways (published alongside the study, Poverty and Inequality Among British Columbia’s Seniors) describes the lived experiences of…
Half of single BC seniors living on $25K or less per year
(Vancouver) Poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors is growing, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. After rapid…
The budget is a first step to better the lives of women in Canada
Men and women are different. That shouldn’t be news, but today it is. Today, the government released the first federal budget that includes a look…
Fast Facts: Funding Non-Profit Organizations Gives Good Value for Money
Several small non-profit organizations (NPOs) are nervously awaiting Manitoba’s 2017 budget. Funding sources they’ve come to rely on have been ‘on pause’ for months and…
Five emerging trends in affordable housing and homelessness
On January 24, I gave a presentation to students at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations program. The goal…
Fast Fact: Laying fewer charges will help reduce overcrowding
This article was first published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 8, 2017 Manitoba has a higher proportion of adults in custody than any other…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
March 2017 Download 1.42 MB12 pages In this issue: BC’s new (affordable?) housing policies A bleak jobs picture outside BC’s big cities The great log…
Five things you can do right now to help women achieve economic equality
I’ve got my pussyhat. I’m ready to march. To strike. To get to work. Or I could stay home. And watch Netflix. What would happen…
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