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Why BC’s lower-wage workers are struggling: The case for stronger employment standards
BC has acquired the “distinction” of being home to Canada’s largest income gap, highest poverty rate, and second highest child poverty rate. It also has…
She Fixes So Many Problems
The Impacts of the Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Worker Download 1.04 MB25 pages The Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Worker (NISW) is one of the programs established by…
Work Life: An Ounce of Suppression Prevents a Pound of Cure
This April 28 we will commemorate the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. This yearly tribute is a somber…
Does Canada have unfree workers?
In mid-March, Canadians were met with news reports about the arrest of migrant workers by agents of the Canada Border Security Agency, while a reality-show…
The Fog Finally Clears
The Job and Services Impact of Federal Austerity Download 333.85 KB10 pages This analysis provides new insight about which services federal departments are going to…
Federal spending cuts disproportionately focused on services: analysis
28,700 federal public service jobs to be cut by 2016 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Despite assurances by the federal government that spending…
Work Life: Employee association, traditional union or new social order?
More and more we’re starting to hear how groups of precariously-employed workers are responding to the vagaries of the “new normal” labour market. From lower-skilled…
Boom in temporary migrant workers creates a vulnerable workforce, increases workplace inequality
In 2013, for the first time in Canadian history, retirees will outnumber young people entering the workforce. Immigration is a sensible way to offset population…
Hennessy’s Index: March 2013
What is Middle class? Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world.…
Fast Facts: Creating opportunities with green jobs
The Story of BUILD and BEEP .Social enterprises have emerged as viable business models that create a blended return on investment as a result of…
They’re Richer Than You Think
Income inequality in Canada is on the rise Income inequality in Canada is on the rise—especially in the country’s largest cities. CCPA analysis of new…
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