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  • CEO pay still near historic levels at 197 times more than the average worker

    New gender analysis suggests executive bonus pay has little to do with ‘merit’ READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs netted 197 times more than the average worker made in 2017, earning the average yearly wage ($50,759) before lunch on Jan. 2, according to a new report from the…

  • Mint Condition

    CEO pay in Canada Download 793.62 KB 18 pages Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs netted 197 times more than the average worker made in 2017, earning the average yearly wage ($50,759) before lunch on January 2. This report shows the country’s 100 highest paid CEOs on the S&P/TSX Composite index made an…

  • Memo to the new premier: here’s what putting families first should look like

    Dear Premier Clark, Congratulations on your new job. It’s wonderful that your new government will be “putting families first.” And we were heartened to hear you say on the night of your election victory that fighting poverty will be among your top priorities. Kudos for moving quickly on two important…

  • Silencing Dissent: The Conservative Record

    Over the past five years, exercise of the fundamental freedom of speech in Canada has been curbed and discouraged by a federal government increasingly intolerant of even the mildest criticism or dissent. Particularly affected have been organizations dependent on government funding which advocate for human rights and women’s equality. Their…

  • Fast Facts: How to Make a Low Income Bus Pass Work

    A year after announcing a 25-cent a trip fare increase, mayoral candidate Brian Bowman has promised to create a low-income transit pass if he is re-elected mayor on October 24th.  This is great news because waning government support at the provincial level through a funding freeze and the fare increase…

  • Travailler pour gagner sa vie et non vivre pour travailler

    Download 527.72 KB16 pages Le montant dont une famille de quatre personnes a besoin quand les deux parents travaillent à temps plein- un salaire convenable–est 19 $ par l’heure à Halifax, 18,18 $ à Saint Jean et 17,75 $ à Antigonish. Pour Halifax comme pour Antigonish, les taux de salaire convenable ont peu…

  • Qu’est-ce que ça coûte pour élever une famille dans les provinces Maritimes ?

    Beaucoup plus qu’on penserait, comme démontre le nouveau rapport sur le salaire convenable CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Halifax—Le montant dont une famille de quatre personnes a besoin quand les deux parents travaillent à temps plein- un salaire convenable–est 19 $ par l’heure à Halifax, 18,18 $ à Saint…

  • Working for a Living, Not Living for Work

    Living Wages in the Maritimes 2018 Download 489.61 KB 16 pages This report provides updated living wage calculations for families living in Atlantic Canada. Covering the costs to raise a family in the Maritimes requires two adults to be working full-time earning a living wage of $19 an hour in…

  • How much does it cost to raise a family in the Maritimes?

    More than you might think shows CCPA-NS in new report on living wages June 25, 2018 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Halifax, NS)—-Covering the costs to raise a family in the Maritimes requires two adults to be working full-time earning a living wage of $19 an hour in…

  • Poverty reduction: What other provinces are doing

    BC has much to learn from other provinces when it comes to poverty reduction. Six provinces now have poverty reduction plans, although most are still fairly new, and therefore we don’t yet have data to tell us what kind of success they are meeting with, the exceptions being Quebec and…

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    Low property taxes help fuel housing crisis

    In the wake of February’s BC Budget, property taxes have been making headlines. But less attention has been paid to the province’s unusually low property tax rates, particularly in Vancouver, and how they help fuel the housing crisis. The city of Vancouver has among the lowest property tax rates in…

  • The Growth of Degrowth (Part 1)

    Campaign for fair, sustainable economy is gaining ground Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a maniac or an economist. So said economist Kenneth Boulding back in the 1970s. Concept, process or movement — décrosissance, to give its European popularity its due —…