Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like the Gordon Bell Senior Off Campus program (GBSOC) however, offer an alternative to the mainstream school system, allowing students to work at their own pace, away from the barriers they experience in the mainstream system.
Inequality and poverty
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 questions for candidates in the remaining all-candidates' debates in that riding.
Ontario's minimum wage has been frozen for three years. Currently the Ontario government is reviewing how to set and regularly increase the minimum wage. This infographic compares the status quo of $10.25/hr to what a new $14/hr minimum wage would accomplish for earners and Ontario's economy as a whole.
In the summer of 2013 — three years after the provincial government froze Ontario’s minimum wage at $10.25 an hour — the Ministry of Labour struck an advisory panel to “examine the current approach to setting the minimum wage and to provide advice on how to adjust Ontario’s minimum wage.” Upon striking the panel, the government stated: “Addressing the minimum wage is a key part of the Ontario government’s strategy to build a stronger economy, a more prosperous province and help the most vulnerable.” (Ministry of Labour, 2013).
Cost of learning vs. cost of living? The cost of a university education in Canada has risen dramatically since the 90s. Has everything else? Share our infographics and find out more in our report, Degrees of Uncertainty: Navigating the changing terrain of university finance.
An Education in Inflation: Canada (1990-2013)
The BC government recently rejected the recommendation of the Union of BC Municipalities to re-instate Riverview Hospital. Our government has made the right decision. The debate and media coverage over recent weeks has revealed a number of important issues that have reframed questions about Riverview Hospital, and the Premier is correct in her comments that there is a new set of problems we need to deal with.”
Highlights of recent CCPA-BC research. Inside this issue Time to rethink BC’s LNG plans by Ben Parfitt; Why wheelchair fees are not fair and what they say about the state of seniors care in BC by Janine Farrell; Why does BC have the highest poverty rate in Canada? by Iglika Ivanova; BC government to blame for looming BC Hydro rate increases by Marvin Shaffer; Water withdrawal stats run dry by Ben ParfittInvestor alert: TSX over-valued due to a “carbon bubble” by Marc Lee
OTTAWA—The average cost of tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students will rise by almost 13% over the next four years, from $6,610 this fall to an estimated $7,437 in 2016-17, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
The study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects fees for each province for the next four years, and ranks the provinces on affordability for median- and low-income families using a Cost of Learning Index.
OTTAWA — La moyenne des frais de scolarité et des frais obligatoires des étudiants du premier cycle dans les universités canadiennes augmentera de presque 13 % au cours des quatre prochaines années pour passer de 6 610 $ cet automne à un total estimé à 7 437 $ en 2016‑2017, selon une étude dévoilée aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA).
This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects fees for each province for the next four years, and ranks the provinces on affordability for median- and low-income families using a Cost of Learning Index.