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October 16, 2017 | BC Office | Reports & StudiesSubmission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services of the Legislative Assembly of BCOctober 10, 2017 | Saskatchewan Office | Reports & StudiesEngaging Saskatchewan's Oil-Producing Communities on Climate Change IssuesLatest posts from behindthenumbers.ca
The Good, The Best, and the Imperfect: Measuring the Gender Gap
by Kate McInturff on October 17, 2017 Why put together an index of gender equality in Canada? Why rush in where my better colleagues have warned me not to tread? As these things so often do, it started with...Who will benefit from a $15 minimum wage in Nova Scotia?
by Christine Saulnier on October 4, 2017 The Issue: Nova Scotia has the lowest minimum wage in Canada On October 1, 2017, Nova Scotia became the province with the lowest minimum wage in the country. This needs to change...Don’t bank on TD’s $15 minimum wage impact forecast
by CCPA on September 29, 2017 Business in skewed economic assessments of Ontario’s move to a $15 per hour minimum wage has been brisk this week. Only a day before the Chamber of Commerce released its full (of...Encore budget offers pittance to tackle Nova Scotia’s real needs
by Christine Saulnier on September 28, 2017 The new provincial Liberal government budget is pretty lacklustre. We expected it to be much the same as the one tabled prior to the April election and, sure enough, it is almost...Higher learning, lower earning? The state of employment on Ontario campuses
by CCPA on September 28, 2017 It’s no secret that university and college revenues are shifting, with the public component of funding largely in decline. It’s also no secret—or coincidence—that the tuition and...
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