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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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The Problem of Poverty Post-Recession
Download 318.18 KB 7 pages Every recession ushers in a rising tide of poverty. As jobless and underemployed people struggle to make ends meet, the…
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Canadian households: Among highest debt to income ratios in the world
In the past few weeks some of Canada’s most respected economic authorities, including Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, have voiced concerns over the fragility…
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Canada’s Poverty Hole
New income data suggests troubling poverty trends are unfolding in Canada Every recession ushers in a rising tide of poverty. As jobless and underemployed people…
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Ontario’s racialized gap persists: Study
Race, gender a barrier in the workforce READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – Ontarians from racialized backgrounds are far more likely to live in…
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Who is getting richer, who is getting poorer
Quebec 1976–2006 Download 3.22 MB60 pages
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Qui s’enrichit, qui s’appauvrit
1976–2006 Download 3.25 MB65 pages
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Quebec earnings gap at 30-year high
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. MONTREAL – A groundbreaking new report shows the earnings gap between the rich and the rest of Quebeckers is at…
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L’écart de richesse atteint un sommet au Québec
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. MONTRÉAL – L’écart actuel entre les revenus des riches et les revenus des autres Québécois.e.s est le plus grand…
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The Temporary Recovery
Forget total employment numbers, it’s the types of jobs coming back that count There is a shadow side to this recovery that may undo it…
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L’écart de revenu perdure pour les Autochtones, selon un rapport
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA – L’inégalité de revenu entre les Autochtones et le reste des Canadiens perdure, affirme le Centre canadien de…
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Income gap for Aboriginal peoples stubbornly high: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Income inequality between Aboriginal peoples and the rest of Canadians is stubbornly high, says a groundbreaking…
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