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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A tale of two pandemics: the rich and the rest of us
Fast facts: On average, the market income of Canada’s richest one per cent went down a notch, by -0.4 per cent between 2019 and 2020; But if you include income…
6 things you need to know about income inequality in Canada
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The Great Sidestep: Income and wealth inequality swells with little government action
In response to the brutal inequality of the 1920s and the Great Depression, and under widespread political pressure after World War II, Canadian and other western governments brought in major…
Is the ‘Freedom Convoy’ a sign of inequality-fuelled escalation of violent class conflict?
In remission for now, the “Freedom Convoy,” led by a small group of well-funded, seditionist, and far-right activists, tapped into the grievances of a much larger segment of the population…
Corporate executive pay rose an average of $171K in 2020 despite pandemic: report
Tweaks to bonus pay rules helped protect top executives’ pay CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Top executives of some of Canada’s largest companies saw their total pay in…
Federal action plan for women’s economic recovery must target those left behind: Report
New study reviews a year of COVID-19’s impacts on women in the labour market CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—On International Women’s Day and ahead of the 2021…
Women, work and COVID-19
Priorities for supporting women and the economy Download 864.51 KB67 pages This report looks at the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic security of women in Canada…
COVID-19 and looming climate crisis upending policy status quo: Report
New study speculates on what lies ahead in post-COVID-19 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA and HALIFAX — An expert who has been tracking 75 years of income…
From Keynesian Consensus to Neo-Liberalism to the Green New Deal
75 years of income inequality in Canada Download 587.01 KB40 pages This report tracks Canadian income inequality through 75 years of growth and recessions and speculates about the post-COVID-19 future….
Heading into the pandemic, Canada’s highest paid CEOs made 202 times more than average worker pay in 2019
Over a third of top paid CEOs in 2019 ran companies that received the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy in 2020 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA––Heading into the…
The Golden Cushion
CEO compensation in Canada Download 492.96 KB 24 pages This report looks at CEO pay among Canada’s top-paid chief executive officers in 2019, based on company proxy circulars filed in…
Advocates Provide Crucial Recommendations for an Inclusive Action Plan for Women in the Economy
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Following 50th anniversary of the Release of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women report, support for women in the economy is greatly needed….
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