Inequality and poverty

The CCPA was pleased to co-sponsor a three-city lecture tour featuring Richard Wilkinson, co-author of the best selling book The Spirit Level, which examines income inequality among developed nations. During his stop in Toronto, he sat down with the CCPA's Trish Hennessy to talk about the book.

On November 18, 2010 CCPA celebrated its 30th anniversary with a conference entitled Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years.

Click on the speakers below to watch their talk.

Session One: The Erosion of Democracy and Equality in Canada: What to Do

Welcome: Heather-jane Robertson & Bruce Campbell, CCPA Vice President and Executive Director, respectively

Chair: Gerry Caplan

• Alex Neve, Director, Amnesty International-Canada
• Olivia Nuamah, Executive Director, Atkinson Foundation
• Professor Paul Saurette, University of Ottawa
• Kate Rexe, Director, Sisters in Spirit, Native Women’s Association of Canada

Lunch speaker: Linda McQuaig 

Session Two: The Economy: From Recession to Recovery to Transformation

Chair: Mike  McCracken, Chairman and  CEO, Informetica  Ltd

• Dean Baker, Co-director, Centre for Economic and Policy Research-Washington
• Jim Stanford, Economist, Canadian Auto Workers
• Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Iglika Ivanova, Economist, CCPA, BC Office
• Audience Questions

On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by award winning journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig and tax law professor and author Neil Brooks.

Thanks to Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock for recording this eye-opening and provocative discussion about the damage that extreme wealth causes to equality and a healthy, functioning society.

Event co-sponsored by Penguin Books and Vancouver Public Library.

On November 3, 2010, CCPA-BC sponsored a book launch for The Trouble with Billionaires, by award winning journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig and tax law professor and author Neil Brooks.

Thanks to Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock for recording this eye-opening and provocative discussion about the damage that extreme wealth causes to equality and a healthy, functioning society.

Event co-sponsored by Penguin Books and Vancouver Public Library.

For 30 years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has been advancing alternatives to a neoliberal agenda that has resulted in growing income inequality, a middle class under siege and persistent poverty despite years of economic growth. There is a better way. Learn more about our contribution to Canadian public debate in this video.