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Is EI Working for Canada’s Unemployed?
Analyzing the Great Recession Download 347.83 KB 8 pages Canada’s Employment Insurance system is failing the recession “stress test” and many unemployed workers are falling…
Going for gold on minimum wages
As we prepare to cheer for our athletes during the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic games, it’s worth remembering the fields in which BC isn’t going…
Fast Facts: Raise the Minimum Wage
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and the Winnipeg Free Press recently called on the Manitoba government to abandon a policy established in 1999…
Soft landing for Canada’s CEOs
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid…
A Soft Landing
Recession and Canada’s 100 Highest Paid CEOs Download 427.44 KB17 pages Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears…
Planning for Prosperity
What’s Partnership Got To Do With It? Speech Presented to the Strategic Partnership Public Policy Symposium St. John’s, Newfoundland and LabradorNovember 27, 2009 Almost a…
15,000 Nova Scotia children still in poverty
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty since 1999. Each annual card…
Canada’s growing gap explained
The income gap between the rich and the rest keeps growing, in good times and in bad. Learn more about it in this video. Canada’s…
The View From Here: How a Living Wage Can Reduce Poverty in Manitoba
Download 1.84 MB 38 pages Attachments The View From Here Appendix – Calculation Guide
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Fast Facts: How a Living Wage can reduce poverty in Manitoba
In this time of economic turmoil, living-wage policies are one way to stimulate our local economy. A living-wage policy is employed by at least 122…
Does Your Pay-Cheque Make You Happy?
Our economic system has been badly skewed against workers Don’t worry, be happy. As of this writing, media coverage of the recession has been littered…
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