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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- April 16, 2014 marks Equal Pay Day in Ontario. It falls on this day because a woman, on average, would have to work all last year, plus all working days up until April 16 of the current year just...April 16, 2014 | Ontario OfficeIn case you missed it, last week CBC Radio’s The Current ran a special episode on minimum wage, which was packed with great, though heart-wrenching stories and interviews. The special, Minimum Wage...January 20, 2014 | National OfficeTwo candidates in an upcoming federal by-election have made income inequality the main topic in Toronto-Centre. The CCPA's Growing Gap team created a short primer on income inequality that includes...November 18, 2013 | National Office, Ontario Office
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By 1:11pm on January 2, the first official working day of the year, Canada’s top 100 CEOs have already pocketed $46,634 — what it takes the average Canadian an entire year, working full-time, to earn. Check out our live counter and find out how much a CEO and an "Average Joe" have earned so far this year.
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This examination of income trends over the past 90 years documents the rise of Canada's richest 1% and reveals that incomes are as concentrated in the hands of the richest 1% today as they were in the Roaring Twenties.