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Steve Kerstetter
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
How federal and provincial benefits get wiped out with wage increases Download 122.6 KB3 pages Imagine a low-income family working hard day after day to…
A Cheap Shot at the Poor
Harper government scraps the National Council of Welfare Ever since its creation by an act of Parliament in 1969, the National Council of Welfare has…
How to destroy a good poverty line
More than a decade ago, the federal and provincial governments started work on a new poverty line – the Market Basket Measure (MBM). After decades…
A Closer Look at Low Wages in BC
Download 269.06 KB9 pages Workers in British Columbia earned an average of $21.46 an hour in 2008, according to the latest annual wage data published…
The Affordability Gap
Spending differences between Canada’s rich and poor Download 395.98 KB17 pages
How big is Taylor’s heart?
Share that $4.1 billion surplus with poor kids BC Finance Minister Carole Taylor is approaching her political moment of truth with the provincial government’s whopping…
A Better Way to Set Welfare Rates
Download 588.21 KB4 pages Attachments Welfare rates opinion poll resultsBudget Savings on the Backs of the Poor
Rags and Riches
Wealth Inequality in Canada Download 361.61 KB68 pages Attachments Upstairs, Downstairs and in Between: The Assets and Debts of British Columbians BC Home to Greatest…
MSP premiums
A really dumb tax As the hefty increases in monthly Medical Services Plan premiums officially take effect today (May 1) for most British Columbians, we…
Upstairs, Downstairs and in Between
The Assets and Debts of British Columbians Download 74.08 KB
Welfare cuts mean more misery for the poor
Premier Gordon Campbell established himself as a friend of the rich with the lavish cuts in provincial income taxes announced in June, but all he…
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