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Inequality Bad for Business
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes how the business establishment is growing concerned about income inequality in Canada in this Canada Business article....
August 12, 2011 | National Office
The Strange Case of Saskatchewan's Electoral Boundaries
Simon Enoch discusses Saskatchewan's rather unique electoral boundaries and how they influenced the 2011 federal election in the CCPA's...
August 9, 2011 | Saskatchewan Office
Hennessy's Index: Gone Fishin'
Hennessy's Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. This August,...
July 29, 2011 | National Office
New Report - The Public Policies Needed to Build a Renewable Energy Society in Saskatchewan
With the release of the final report in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Saskatchewan series “...
July 28, 2011 | Saskatchewan Office
North America's Income Gap: A Recipe for Revolt
The Toronto Star's David Olive has been writing about income inequality for years, but has begun to wonder if it will be the source of an uprising in North America within his lifetime. He warns: "...
July 27, 2011 | National Office
Understanding the "New Saskatchewan"
In this essay, Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan Office, examines how the discourse of Brad Wall's "New Saskatchewan" draws upon Saskatchewan's unique political culture and history to...
July 25, 2011 | Saskatchewan Office
You Oughta Know: Canada's Income Gap, the Richest 20% vs the Poorest 20%
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....
July 18, 2011 | National Office
The cost of poverty in BC is way too high
Iglika Ivanova did the math: it costs less to reduce poverty than to allow it to continue and pay for the consequences: poor health, lower literacy, poor school performance for children, more...
July 13, 2011 | BC Office
Conference Board Weighs in on the Growing Gap
The Conference Board of Canada has released a report tracking 33 years of worsening income inequality in Canada. ...
July 13, 2011 | National Office
Video Debate Series: Role of Manufacturing in the Canadian Economy
In this four-part short video series at the Globe and Mail, CCPA's own senior economist Armine Yalnizyan faces off with Mike Moffatt, an economist, consultant and lecturer in the Business,...
July 13, 2011 | National Office

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