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Provinces need to own their responsibility for expanding low-fee child care
About the authorDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
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The pandemic has accelerated the exit of older workers
Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #4: A new trend is emerging—women workers taking early retirement, especially in pandemic-affected industries.
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School bargaining: Down at Queen’s Park, $100 million is pocket change
The province spends much more money on things that aren’t priorities. Supporting education workers should be high on the priority list.
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Low-wage workers are most exposed to spiralling costs
Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #3: Fall 2022 labour force data shows that pandemic-vulnerable sectors still have not recovered from COVID-19.
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Living wage increases highlight urgent need to expand government efforts on housing affordability
Affordability has long been a concern for residents of Metro Vancouver—a region notorious for stratospheric housing costs—but with inflation shooting up to a 40-year high…
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Working for a Living Wage: Making paid work meet basic family needs in Metro Vancouver
2022 Update Download 1.93 MB 16 pages Living expenses in BC, particularly for housing and food, are continuing to rise for families, meaning higher wages…
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Inflation, soaring living costs cause unprecedented increase in Metro Vancouver living wage
Living wages increase across BC due to 40-year inflation high & rising costs of living, especially housing CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT VANCOUVER…
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A tale of two pandemics: the rich and the rest of us
On the whole, Canada’s richest one per cent got a decent raise in the first year of the pandemic; the bottom 50 per cent? Not…
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Soft rock and a soft touch
Trove of FOI documents sheds new light on lax regulation of troubled Site C dam It was the bureaucratic equivalent of waiting for a box…
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The racialized employment gap is narrowing but barriers persist
Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #2: Looking at the racialized employment gap among women workers in the Fall 2022 labour force data
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Queen’s Park is richer than it admits
The Ontario government is underestimating 2022-23 revenues by a whopping $10 billion. Rather than recording a predicted deficit, the province is on track to be…
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Fast Facts: Stop the Education Property Tax Cut until We Have a Better Plan
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Nov 14, 2022 The Manitoba government’s plan to eliminate the education property tax – a tax that…
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Work Life: Provinces, including Manitoba are richer than they think
Across Canada, initial provincial budget projections early in the pandemic showed provinces would be struggling with large deficits for years to come. Since 2020-2021, these…
