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Growing Gap
The story of the rich and the rest of us
The CCPA’s Growing Gap project takes an in-depth and sustained look at one of the biggest challenges of our time: Worsening income and wealth inequality in Canada. Our team of economists and researchers have been tracking household income, wealth, spending and credit data, unearthing a troubling phenomenon.
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Infographic: Power Lunch
By 12:18pm today, just as most Canadians are starting their lunch break on the first official work day of the year, Canada’s highest paid CEOs…
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CEOs power lunch on average Canadian wage: study
TORONTO—On the first working day of the New Year, Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs are seriously power lunching: by 12:18 pm today, their average pay…
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Staying Power
CEO Pay in Canada Download 832.08 KB22 pages This report looks at the 2008-2014 compensation levels for Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs and finds that…
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How Much Income Tax Could Canada’s Top 1% Pay?
Download 840.17 KB50 pages How much more could Canada’s richest 1% be paying in income tax? This study concludes that there is more than enough…
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Room to hike federal taxes on the 1%: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The new federal government has plenty of room to raise the taxes of Canada’s one percenters, according to a new…
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5 reasons we can’t ignore Indigenous families and children this election
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The scary corporate tax number generating machine
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Good for Canada
We already know that the costs of inequality are high: poverty, unemployment, housing insecurity, poorer health and well-being. But what if we invested in the…
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Cast your vote: think tank unveils platform to end income inequality
OTTAWA – Seizing on the first federal election in recent history where income inequality is a hot button issue, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives…
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Defining away inequality
Closing our eyes is one way to get through those really scary moments in horror movies. It’s no way to answer one of the most…
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Infographic: Headstart
Affluent Canadian Families Have a Running Start The wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at young age. Did you know that the wealthiest Canadian families in…
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Wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at young age: study
OTTAWA—The wealth advantage for Canada’s affluent starts at a young age, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
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