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Malcolm Gladwell on income inequality: We're off the rails
He's written a string of best sellers, now one of North America's sharpest observers is taking on income inequality. He shows how our attitudes toward the gap between the rich and the rest of us...
October 12, 2010
Toronto's middle class is shrinking
A new report by Toronto Community Foundation shows the gap between low and high income neighbourhoods in Toronto is growing while the middle class is shrinking. In 1970, 66 per cent of...
October 6, 2010 | Ontario Office
Income gap won't be closing soon
On the weekend the Globe and Mail wrote about income inequality in the U.S., with some Canadian observations as well. Barrie McKenna writes: "Income is more evenly shared in Canada. But...
October 3, 2010
Living from paycheque to paycheque
The recession may be officially over, but six in 10 Canadians say they would be in financial trouble if their paycheque was delayed by just a week, according to a new national survey. The...
September 13, 2010 | National Office
Canada's housing bubble
A new CCPA study finds that for the first time in 30 years, six of Canada's hottest real estate markets are in a housing bubble....
August 31, 2010 | National Office
Post-recession report: Looking at the past tells us there is reason to worry
A new report by CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan warns that if past recessions are any guide, between 750,000 and 1.8 million more Canadians will be counted as poor before recovery is...
August 19, 2010 | National Office
Canada has one of the worst income-to-debt ratios in the world
Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has a warning for Canadians: we have one of the worst income-to-debt ratios in the world. CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes about the problem...
August 16, 2010 | National Office
The sound of income inequality
Ever wonder what income inequality sounds like? Check out this video by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. ...
July 9, 2010
Canadian incomes flatlined; poverty unchanged
Statistics Canada released 2008 income data for Canadians and finds median after-tax family incomes were flatlined and the number of families living in poverty remained virtually unchanged...
June 18, 2010 | National Office
How do race and gender factor into income inequality?
New analysis by CCPA Research Associate Sheila Block shows Ontarians from racialized backgrounds are far more likely to live in poverty, face barriers to finding a job, and receive less pay for...
June 2, 2010 | Ontario Office

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