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Seth Klein on BC's Living Wage

Ontario Office | Multimedia & Interactive
Issue(s): Employment and labour, Human rights, Inequality and poverty

Seth Klein, Director of the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, speaks about his experiences with a living wage policy. Recorded October 11th, 2012 at Ryerson University. Produced by the CCPA Ontario office with support from the Metcalf Foundation.

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Enhancing Democratic Citizenship, Deepening Distributive Justice

The Living Wage Movement

by Jordan Brennan
Ontario Office | Reports & Studies
Issue(s): Employment and labour, Inequality and poverty
October 11, 2012
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About this Publication

This report looks at the history of the minimum wage and living wage in Ontario and makes the case for a living wage as an essential tool to help reduce income inequality. The report was written for Ontario's first ever living wage conference, hosted October 11 and 12, 2012 in Toronto by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Ontario office. 

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