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  • New Living Wage Reports Force Us to Look at Child Poverty in the City

    There reports released today show that the costs of supporting a family are rising fast in the three largest urban areas of our province, home to 2/3 of BC’s population. Two parents working full-time must each earn $20.10/hour in Metro Vancouver, $18.93/hour in Greater Victoria and $17.02/hour in the Fraser…

  • Making Women Count

    The Best and Worst Place to be a Woman in Canada

    An Index of Gender Equality in Canada’s Twenty Largest Metropolitan Areas Download 715.37 KB58 pages This study reveals the best and worst places to be a woman in Canada. It ranks Canada’s 20 largest metropolitan areas based on a comparison of how men and women are faring in five areas:…

  • Making Women Count

    New study reveals best and worst cities to be a woman in Canada

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals the best and worst cities to be a woman in Canada. According to the study, Québec City is the best city to be a woman and Edmonton is the…

  • 7 things that should be in this year’s BC Budget

    In the fifth year of a slow and largely jobless economic recovery, the 2014 BC Budget should prioritize measures to set the foundation of a more just and sustainable economy, where prosperity is shared by all citizens. Here are 7 initiatives that will get us there. 1. A comprehensive poverty…

  • Bangladeshis Victims of Corporate Exploitation

    Western companies responsible for deaths of garment workers In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 garment workers and injuring more than 2,500. The building contained four garment factories. This was the worst industrial disaster in Bangladesh’s history, and the worst in the garment sector’s…

  • Minimum Wage Panel Moves Toward Goal Line, Passes Ball to Premier

    TORONTO – Today’s recommendation by the province’s Minimum Wage Advisory Panel to tie the province’s minimum wage to cost of living increases is both welcome news and unfinished business, said Trish Hennessy, Ontario Director of the CCPA. “The minimum wage glass is now half full,” said Hennessy. “This recommendation, if adopted, would…

  • Growing Gap

    All in a Day’s Work?

    CEO Pay in Canada Download 683.54 KB14 pages Five years after a global recession knocked the wind out of Canada’s labour market, throwing tens of thousands of workers onto the unemployment line and sidelining a generation of young workers, the compensation of Canada’s CEO elite continues to sail along. This…

  • Grading Canada’s Economic Recovery: Behind the spin on our economy

    It is now more than four years after the technical end of Canada’s recession and, according to the Government of Canada, the economy is doing great. But how accurate is that message? Is Canada’s economy the best in the world? Over the next several days, CCPA’s blog Behind the Numbers, will publish a…

  • A Loud Wake-Up Call

    Global carbon report is a strong reality check for Canada The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be a wake-up call for Canada. With a development model based on ever more fossil fuel extraction, Canada’s economy and financial markets are on a collision course with…

  • Growing Gap

    Toronto-Centre: Ground Zero for Canada’s Income Inequality Debate

    For the first time in Canadian history, an election is being waged on this question: Which political candidate do you trust to reduce income inequality? Welcome to the Toronto-Centre by-election, where voters go to the polls on November 25. Two Toronto-Centre political candidates are stealing the show in this by-election…

  • No matter how you slice it, Ontario’s minimum wage doesn’t measure up

    It seems everywhere I turn people are talking income inequality. Whether it’s on the pages of the current Globe and Mail series, The Wealth Paradox, or in the Toronto-Centre by-election where both front-runners claim to be experts on the subject, the issue finally seems to be taking up space in the…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Global carbon budget is a harsh reality check for Canadian investors

    The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be a wake-up call for Canada. With a development model based on ever more fossil fuel extraction, Canada’s economy and financial markets are on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action. The IPCC, for…