Growing Gap Updates
The recession may be officially over, but six in 10 Canadians say they would be in financial trouble if their paycheque was delayed by just a week, according to a new national survey.
The survey...
September 13, 2010 |
National Office A new CCPA study finds that for the first time in 30 years, six of Canada's hottest real estate markets are in a housing bubble. Canada’s Housing Bubble: An Accident Waiting to Happen examines trends...
August 31, 2010 |
National Office A new report by CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan warns that if past recessions are any guide, between 750,000 and 1.8 million more Canadians will be counted as poor before recovery is complete...
August 19, 2010 |
National Office Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has a warning for Canadians: we have one of the worst income-to-debt ratios in the world. CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes about the problem in...
August 16, 2010 |
National Office Ever wonder what income inequality sounds like? Check out this video by the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
Posted originally at: http://www.psac-afpc.org/news/2010/what/20100622-e.shtml?l=1
July 9, 2010 |
Statistics Canada released 2008 income data for Canadians and finds median after-tax family incomes were flatlined and the number of families living in poverty remained virtually unchanged compared...
June 18, 2010 |
National Office New analysis by CCPA Research Associate Sheila Block shows Ontarians from racialized backgrounds are far more likely to live in poverty, face barriers to finding a job, and receive less pay for work...
June 3, 2010 |
Ontario Office A groundbreaking new report shows the earnings gap between the rich and the rest of Quebeckers is at a 30-year high.The report, co-published by Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-...
May 19, 2010 |
National Office Thanks to groundwork laid by our B.C. CCPA office, a city in that province has enacted Canada's first living wage policy. Drawing on that development, and using CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie...
May 10, 2010 |
What does the growing gap look like in Canada? Class consciousness, an NFB film, explores the issue.
April 30, 2010 |
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan weighs in on the future of work for young Canadians in this Macleans magazine article. Worried that permanent jobs lost in the recession are being replaced by...
April 8, 2010 |
Income inequality has been growing in Canada, but it's even worse for Aboriginal peoples. For every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents – a slight narrowing...
April 8, 2010 |
National Office On January 25th, 2010, the CCPA's Armine Yalnizyan appeared on Television Ontario's 'The Agenda' to discuss 'Job creation in a recession', part one of the show's look at the state of employment today...
January 28, 2010 |
National Office We hope you can join us on February 25th in Toronto for the inaugural David Lewis Lecture.
We’re excited that acclaimed author Naomi Klein will be the speaker. She will speak on the timely issue of...
January 27, 2010 |
National Office, Ontario Office
Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs are enjoying a soft landing.
Hugh Mackenzie's latest report on executive...
January 4, 2010 |
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