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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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Close pay gap between men and women: report
TORONTO – A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) report challenges the Ontario government to take 10 steps to close the province’s persistent pay…
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Infographic: How to close the gender pay gap?
The report, 10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap, finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased…
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Not your parents’ education: Ontario tuition fact sheet
Students go to university on a promise: get an education and the jobs will come. That worked for many students’ parents, but something shifted. The…
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Hennessy’s Index: February 2013
The Dominance of Canada’s 1% Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the…
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They’re Richer Than You Think
Income inequality in Canada is on the rise Income inequality in Canada is on the rise—especially in the country’s largest cities. CCPA analysis of new…
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Why the 99 per cent still matter in Canadian politics
A year after the Occupy movement focused public attention on the income, wealth and opportunity gap between the top 1 per cent and the 99…
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Overcompensating
Executive Pay in Canada For Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs, the rewards start clocking in very early into the New Year. By 1:18pm on January…
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Overcompensating: A Fact Sheet on Executive Pay in Canada
For Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs, the rewards start clocking in very early into the New Year. By 1:18pm on January 2, the first official…
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Why the Income Inequality Deniers are Wrong
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A Shrinking Universe
How concentrated corporate power is shaping income inequality in Canada Download 819.31 KB49 pages This paper looks at income inequality over time and shows how…
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Corporate Canada Shaping Inequality: Study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO — The concentration of power in the corporate sector is perpetuating income inequality trends in Canada, says…
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How To Fix Income Inequality
Closing the gap between rich and poor requires government to take action at both ends of the income scale. To reduce incomes of the top…
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