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Download 167.02 KB3 pages Attachments Minimum Wage Fact Sheets

Moving in Opposite Directions Download 832.62 KB 20 pages In a study for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), economist David Green found the…

A series of fact sheets on the minimum wage Attachments Minimum Wage Fact Sheets

We need to re-examine how we value work Many Canadians woke up on Jan. 2 to the sobering news that by the time they’d had…

Comparing the earnings of Canada’s highest-paid CEOs and the rest of us Download 202.12 KB5 pages

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – By 12:13 pm on New Year’s Day, while many Canadians were still nursing a hangover, Canada”s…

The Sleeper Issue of the Next Election? Could inequality be the sleeper issue of the next federal election? A new national poll conducted by Environics…

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – A record high number of Canadians think Canada’s gap between rich and poor is growing –…

Canadian Attitudes Toward Income Inequality Download 1.02 MB14 pages

A report on growing inequality between the rich and poor in Canada Download 2.3 MB148 pages Look around the world, and you will see example…
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