Growing Gap Project
Solutions for a fairer, more equal Canada
The CCPA’s Growing Gap project takes an in-depth and sustained look at one of the biggest challenges of our time: Worsening income and wealth inequality in Canada. Our team of economists and researchers have been tracking household income, wealth, spending and credit data, unearthing a troubling phenomenon.
- The pay gap between CEOs and minimum wage workers is far too big.
- The income gap between the rich and the rest of us is stubbornly high.
- We need to narrow the income gap between white workers and Indigenous, racialized, and immigrant workers.
- Poverty is far too high for such a wealthy country as Canada.
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Staying Power
CEO Pay in Canada Download 832.08 KB22 pages This report looks at the 2008-2014 compensation levels for Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs and finds that the average pay of Canada’s…
Infographic: Power Lunch
By 12:18pm today, just as most Canadians are starting their lunch break on the first official work day of the year, Canada’s highest paid CEOs will have already pocketed $48,636….
Room to hike federal taxes on the 1%: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The new federal government has plenty of room to raise the taxes of Canada’s one percenters, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre…
How Much Income Tax Could Canada’s Top 1% Pay?
Download 840.17 KB50 pages How much more could Canada’s richest 1% be paying in income tax? This study concludes that there is more than enough scope for the federal government…
5 reasons we can’t ignore Indigenous families and children this election
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The scary corporate tax number generating machine
Our content is fiercely open source and we never paywall our website. The support of our community makes this possible. Make a donation of $35 or more and receive The…
Cast your vote: think tank unveils platform to end income inequality
OTTAWA – Seizing on the first federal election in recent history where income inequality is a hot button issue, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has launched a platform…
Good for Canada
We already know that the costs of inequality are high: poverty, unemployment, housing insecurity, poorer health and well-being. But what if we invested in the things that could solve income…
Defining away inequality
Closing our eyes is one way to get through those really scary moments in horror movies. It’s no way to answer one of the most pressing public policy questions of…
Wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at young age: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at a young age, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
The Wealth Advantage
The Growing Wealth Gap Between Canada’s Affluent and the Middle Class Download 932.53 KB39 pages This report draws on Statistics Canada’s Survey of Financial Security to examine the extent of…
Infographic: Headstart
Affluent Canadian Families Have a Running Start The wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at young age. Did you know that the wealthiest Canadian families in their twenties have an…
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