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.
Growing Gap
- On Monday, we released our annual report on CEO pay in Canada. The review finds that the gap between the earnings of executives and the rest of the population is growing stubbornly, with the country’...January 6, 2016 | National OfficeHow Much Income Tax Could Canada’s Top 1% Pay?, by internationally respected CCPA Research Associate Lars Osberg, shows Canada’s richest now pay a lower tax rate than in the 1990s even though their...October 28, 2015 | National OfficeSeizing on the first federal election in recent history where income inequality is a hot button issue, the CCPA has launched a platform to reduce the gap. The Good for Canada platform highlights the...August 28, 2015 | National Office
- February 10, 2016 | National Office
A Federal Plan to Tackle Poverty and Inequality
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By 11:47am on the first official working day of the year, Canada's top 100 CEOs have already pocketed $49,510 — what it takes most Canadians an entire year to earn. Find out more in our annual CEO pay tracking report.
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The federal government has plenty of room to raise the taxes of Canada’s one percenters. Our country’s richest currently pay a lower tax rate than they did in the 1990s, even though their share of total income has increased dramatically. How much more could they pay? Find out in our report.