National Office Updates
The latest from the Conference Board of Canada: “The gap between the rich and the rest is growing ever wider -- with the chasm increasing at a faster pace in Canada than in the United States. That’s...
September 13, 2011 |
National Office In 1999, Nunavut was officially celebrated and regarded as a governance gem: a masterfully crafted work of public administration that would serve the Inuit in the best way. However, today, more than...
August 31, 2011 |
National Office We are all heartbroken at the passing of Jack Layton.
On behalf of the staff and Board of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, our deepest condolences, love and support to Olivia and family,...
August 22, 2011 |
National Office CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes how the business establishment is growing concerned about income inequality in Canada in this Canada Business article. Read the article here.
August 12, 2011 |
National Office The Toronto Star's David Olive has been writing about income inequality for years, but has begun to wonder if it will be the source of an uprising in North America within his lifetime. He warns: "We...
July 27, 2011 |
National Office The income gap between the rich and the rest of us has worsened over the past generation. In 2009, during the dark days of Canada's recession, the richest 20% of Canadians took home a whopping 44.2%...
July 18, 2011 |
National Office The Conference Board of Canada has released a report tracking 33 years of worsening income inequality in Canada. In this Toronto Star story, board President Anne Golden says: "While the poor are...
July 13, 2011 |
National Office In this four-part short video series at the Globe and Mail, CCPA's own senior economist Armine Yalnizyan faces off with Mike Moffatt, an economist, consultant and lecturer in the Business, Economics...
July 13, 2011 |
National Office In The Internet Tree, committed public interest advocates and academics present primers on provocative digital policy issues: broadband access, copyright, net neutrality, privacy, and security, along...
June 29, 2011 |
National Office Maclean's magazine focuses on Canada's highest paid 50 CEOs and finds their take-home pay increases to be "astronomical". Macleans writes: "In the past 12 years, there’s been a 444 per cent salary...
June 27, 2011 |
National Office The Globe and Mail created an interesting infographic that breaks down millionaires by where they live in the world. It shows Canada as home to 282,000 millionaires.See it here.
June 27, 2011 |
National Office As Canada continues on the path of economic recovery following the worldwide recession of 2008, workers find themselves under attack -- and the attack is coming from many directions. We've put...
June 24, 2011 |
National Office In ongoing Canada-EU trade negotiations, the European Commission is seeking full coverage of sub-national (provincial and municipal) procurement. In Canada, as in Europe, many important public...
June 16, 2011 |
National Office Yesterday on our blog, Behind the Numbers, Alternative Federal Budget Coordinator David Macdonald drew back the curtain on Federal Budget 2011, exposing the plan to cut the deficit through an...
June 6, 2011 |
National Office BNN (Business News Network) has taken on the thorny topic of soaring CEO pay in Canada.
Two former CEOs joined CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan for a discussion about CEO pay and came to...
June 1, 2011 |
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