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BC Child Poverty Rate Climbs as Income Inequality Grows
Thirty-five years after Canada’s parliament promised to end child poverty it still hasn’t happened. In 1989, a unanimous all-party House of Commons resolution was passed…
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Soft landing for Canada’s CEOs
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid…
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A Soft Landing
Recession and Canada’s 100 Highest Paid CEOs Download 427.44 KB17 pages Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears…
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Housing Solutions
Just wanted to give our blog readers a plug for an excellent collection on housing solutions. Some of you have likely been following the Tyee’s…
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Scrooge is alive and well
In a Vancouver Sun article (Market wages would make a difference to city’s taxes, December 28, 2009) Philip Hochstein argues Vancouver civic workers who make a living…
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When $300,000 isn’t enough
I heard today that the Fraser Health Authority is giving its CEO Nigel Murray a $30,000 bonus on top of his $300,000 annual salary. Put…
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FastFacts: Putting the spirit of giving in context
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” —Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Ho Ho Ho. Help!
Are you worried about a last minute gift for one of your progressive friends? Me too. So I have a proposal that might help both…
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Healthy eating put out of reach for the poor
Remember the Premier’s “Great Golden Goal” (G3?) about healthy eating? True, we don’t hear so much about it these days. But it was a laudable…
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HST And Family Budgets
A recent report from the CCPA national office analyzed the impact of tax harmonization on family budgets in Ontario. Not a Tax Grab After All:…
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Copenhagen and carbon budgets
As Copenhagen heads into week two, most of the talk has shifted to targets and timelines, typically something like X% of emissions by 2020 or…
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Not a Tax Grab After All
A Second Look At Ontario’s HST Download 484.06 KB18 pages This in-depth analysis of Ontario’s proposed Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) shows the tax is virtually…
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Taxes and Public Services
Download 92.42 KB5 pages Hugh Mackenzie was the speaker at a recent CCPA-Rideau Institute event that asked the question, ‘can we have an adult conversation…
