By 9:23 a.m. on January 2, 2025 Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had made what the average worker will make all year
The budget tabled by the federal government on November 4 sets out a path that will worsen income inequality in Manitoba and squeezes the provincial government’s finances. The federal budget is focused on attracting $500 billion in private investment with only a handful of initiatives to help those most impacted…
There’s a common narrative about why Canada Post is in such bad shape—the company’s financial difficulties lie in excessive spending, and that the decline of letter-mail has made Canada Post too costly and wasteful to operate in the digital age. Looking at the plans put forward by the federal government…
This research looks back at the West Broadway Community Land Trust in Winnipeg to learn lessons for the future.
The Nova Scotia government has announced that employers will have to pay minimum wage workers 50 cents more per hour in 2026, with a 25-cent increase effective April 1 and another 25-cent increase in October. The government is following the legislated requirement and recommendation of the Minimum Wage Review Committee…
First it was 44 million, then 66 million and now 78 million tonnes of C02: every year Environment Canada increases the amount by which Canada is projected to miss its Paris Agreement target [i]. “Transitions to a cleaner future are hard,” said Environment Minister Catherine McKenna in a press conference…
Angele is an Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. As a member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, her research has mainly focused on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta. She specializes in Indigenous feminisms, life course…
March 31, 2026 KJIPUKTUK/HALIFAX – Minimum wage is set to increase in all Atlantic provinces tomorrow, April 1st. Prince Edward Island is set to have the highest minimum wage in the region, going from $16.50 to $17.00 per hour. New Brunswick continues to have the lowest minimum wage in the…
Download 326.39 KB 12 pages “I grew up poor. I appreciate the reality that many Manitobans face. It’s very difficult for many Manitobans right now. The month runs out a lot of times after the money has run out…. I want to work with anyone who wants to address the…
On March 16, Chandra noticed a burning sensation in her ear canals and neck. She and her family were isolating at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19, but public health officials were warning only of fever and cough so she didn’t think too much of it. It wasn’t until…
Submitted April 3rd, 2023, by Catherine Leviten-Reid and Christine Saulnier Download 296.86 KB4 pages Before the emergency pandemic cap and temporary extensions, Nova Scotia had been without rent controls since they were eliminated in 1993 when the province faced vacancy rates as high as 12%.[i] Due to the abolishment of…
The impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on Canada, Mexico and the CUSMA review