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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- In 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 OfficeCCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan has written a new blog post on why five years after the global economic crisis, inequality has become an inescapable political and economic issue, in Canada as...September 19, 2013
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May 9, 2013 | National OfficePresentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
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By 1:18pm on January 2, the first official working day of the year, Canada’s top 100 CEOs have already pocketed $45,448 — what it takes the Average Joe 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.