On January 25th, 2010, the CCPA's Armine Yalnizyan appeared on Television Ontario's 'The Agenda' to discuss 'Job creation in a recession', part one of the show's look at the state of employment today.
Armine warns that the 'triple threat' of household debt, growing inequality, and poor job/social security is still a big challenge for Canadians.
Click here to watch the segment.
This video clip looks at 'Job creation in a recession' and is Part One of the Agenda's look at the state of employment today. CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan warns of the 'triple threat' of household debt, growing inequality, and poor job/social security facing Canadians today.
Karl Moore is an associate professor with the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. For more information, visit his faculty web page.
Carmi Levy is an independent technology analyst and journalist based in London, Ontario.
Steve Maich is the editor of Canadian Business magazine.
We hope you can join us on February 25th in Toronto for the inaugural David Lewis Lecture.
We’re excited that acclaimed author Naomi Klein will be the speaker. She will speak on the timely issue of climate debt.
This is the first in a series of lectures in honour of David Lewis (1909-1981), a leading labour lawyer, life long social democrat, a founder of the NDP and its national leader from 1970 to 1975.
The lecture series will focus on issues that were important to David Lewis: social democracy, organized labour, and income inequality.
Space is limited.
To book your ticket or for more details on the February 25th event, click here.
Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs are enjoying a soft landing.
The total average compensation for Canada's 100 highest paid CEOs was $7,300,884 in 2008—a stark contrast from the total average Canadian income of $42,305. They pocketed what takes Canadians earning an average income an entire year to make by 1:06 pm January 4—the first working day of the year.
During the worst of economic years, the average earnings of Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs were 174 times greater than Canadians earning an average income.
Find out how quickly a top CEO will make your salary with our CEO pay calculator.
Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs are enjoying a soft landing.
Hugh Mackenzie's latest report on executive compensation shows the total average compensation for Canada's 100 highest paid CEOs was $7,300,884 in 2008—a stark contrast from the total average Canadian income of $42,305. They pocketed what takes Canadians earning an average income an entire year to make by 1:06 pm January 4—the first working day of the year.
Click here to read more and download the full report. Click here to use our CEO pay calculator to find out how quickly a top CEO will earn your salary.
The Social Policy Research Unit at the University of Regina has just released its report card on child and family poverty in the province. Paul Gingrich and Fiona Douglas - the study's authors - report some troubling findings:
• In 2007, there were 35,000 (16.7%) children under age 18 living beneath the poverty line (before-tax Low Income Cut-off) in Saskatchewan.
• Saskatchewan has the third highest provincial child poverty rate.
• 45% of Aboriginal children live in low-income families.
• More than one in three immigrant children are poor.
• 20% of children spent three or more years in poverty, exceeding the national average of 15%.
• One-third of poor children live in families with full-time, full-year employment.
For more details, view the full report here.
For more details on income inequality in Saskatchewan, view the CCPA's "Boom and Bust: The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan," here.
When The Toronto Star published CCPA research associate Hugh Mackenzie's editorial Can we have an adult conversation about taxes? the CCPA received a flood of positive responses. Canadians agree: it's time to have a realistic public discussion about how we pay for the things we value.
As Mackenzie wrote: "Most 4-year-olds have figured out that when you go to the store to get something you want, you have to be prepared to pay for it. Yet Canada's political leaders and business interest lobbyists would rather spit nickels than admit this basic fact."
Mackenzie will be featured in a new Speakers Series luncheon in Ottawa to talk about tax policy. This luncheon event will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, from 12:00 until 1:45 PM, at the Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert Street, in downtown Ottawa. Tickets are $20. Call 613 565-9449, email outfront@rideauinstitute.ca, or click here to order tickets online.
To read the full editorial, click here.
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