Over the last 30 years, the CCPA has provided alternative research and analysis that have been indispensable in exposing the corporate agenda. I don’t know what I’d have done without them.
— Judy Rebick
National Office | Multimedia & Interactive
Issue(s): Inequality and poverty
Projects & Initiatives: Growing Gap
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% of total after-tax income -- in stark contrast to the poorest 20% whose after-tax income share was only 4.9%.
What did the gap look like in your province? This You Oughta Know slideshow tells the story. If you can't view the slideshow below, click here to view the images on Flickr.