Inequality and poverty

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WINNIPEG – Manitoba families are working harder but the vast majority is struggling to get ahead, says a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The study, Stuck in Neutral, finds 80 per cent of Manitoba families are putting more time in the paid workforce than they did a mere decade ago but they are taking home a smaller share of the income pie compared to a generation ago.
(Vancouver) In the wake of a Premier's meeting dominated by concerns about climate change policies, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a discussion paper today about ways British Columbia can reconcile economic and social needs with its ambitious emissions reduction targets.
Inside this issue: BC’s Climate Change Strategy and the Fossil Fuel Industry TILMA: A Major Hurdle to BC Climate Action Plan? Privatization by Another Name: BC’s Alternative Service Delivery Plan ‘Welfare to Work’ Didn’t Work The Olympics, Housing and Homelessness in Vancouver Workplace Rights for Recent Immigrants  
Inside this issue: The Clock is Ticking on Homelessness and the Olympics Weighing in on What Matters: How BC Ranks on the 2007 Cascadia Scorecard Field Notes from the Conversation on Health Public Solutions and Private Interests in BC’s Health Care System BC Needs to Enforce Health Care Laws A Tree too Far: BC's Devastating Response to the Pine Beetle Catastrophe Negotiating Without a Floor: BC's Exclusion of Union Members from Employment Standards