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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The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us? We Can Close It.
Two candidates in an upcoming federal by-election have made income inequality the main topic in Toronto-Centre. The CCPA’s growing gap team created a short primer on income inequality that includes…
Middle class for sale
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Trickle-down would work if it weren’t for the sponges at the top
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40% of Indigenous children in Canada live in poverty: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, according to a study released…
40 % des enfants autochtones du Canada vivent dans la pauvreté, selon une étude
lire l’etude ici. OTTAWA – Les enfants autochtones du Canada sont deux fois et demie plus susceptibles de vivre dans la pauvreté que les enfants non autochtones, selon une étude…
Poverty or Prosperity
Indigenous children in Canada Download 1.09 MB44 pages Based on data from the 2006 census, this study disaggregates child poverty statistics and identifies three tiers of poverty for children in…
Infographic: From Bad to Worse: Child Poverty Rates in Canada
From bad to worse: our infographic reveals Indigenous and non-Indigenous child poverty rates across Canada, based on our study Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous children in Canada. The Atlantic and territorial…
Study of Income Inequality in Canada—What Can Be Done
Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Download 181.7 KB8 pages On April 30, 2013, CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan was among the witnesses who testified to the…
Gender gap leaves Canadian women “leaning in” for the next 228 years: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Without a change in public policy, Canada’s gender gap won’t go away anytime soon, says a new study from the Canadian Centre for…
Closing Canada’s Gender Gap
Year 2240 Here We Come! Download 301.74 KB10 pages This study looks at Canada’s progress in closing the gap between men and women over the past two decades, and finds…
Close pay gap between men and women: report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) report challenges the Ontario government to take 10 steps to close the province’s persistent pay…
10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap
Download 416.87 KB26 pages This report finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased levels of education and workforce participation, and challenges…
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